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World history Common Core L.11-12.4 resources
The American West - Miners and Railroads
This two-part U.S. History worksheet seeks to inform students about the impact that railroads and the so-called 'Gold Rush Economy' had on the development of 19th Century America. Part I is a ten-question matching exercise that includes terms such as: subsidies, vigilantes, the Union Pacific and the Comstock Lode, among others. Part II contains three short answer questions that further examine the impact these industries had on America's growing economy - and its immigrant population.Perfect as
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Holding the Wolf by his Ears" – Slavery and Compromise in the American West
Not long before his death in 1826, Thomas Jefferson famously described America's relationship with slavery as "(H)aving a wolf by the ears...we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go." Decades later, his words proved prophetic, as the unresolved moral and legal questions surrounding slavery escalated into a series of factional disputes which threatened to tear the young republic apart. Featuring important historical figures and terms such as, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, the Missouri Compro
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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