Download Klondike Gold Rush Farm Issues Transcontinental Railroad

US History
Social Studies
Unit: 01 Lesson: 01
Westward Movement
Use your textbook, articles and any other sources of information to complete the following graphic
organizer. As you read about the assigned topic, focus on the question relevant to each topic.
Klondike Gold
Rush
• How did physical and human geography affect
settlement in Alaska?
• How did farming affect the economy?
Farm Issues
Transcontinental
Railroad
Homestead Act,
1862
Cattle Industry
Boom
Settlement of the
Great Plains
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• Describe the economic impact and how did this
contribute to closing the frontier?
• Describe the economic impact and how did it
contribute to closing the frontier?
• How did the cattle industry affect the economy
and how was it interconnected with the
transcontinental railroad?
• How did physical and human geogaphy affect
settlement in Alaska?
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