Westward Expansion Social, Political, Economic Effects

Why did Westward Expansion have such significant social, political, and economic effects on the development of the United States during the 1870s and 1880s? This lesson and activity examines the background and impact of the social, political, and economic effects of westward expansion. Students will analyze documents and answer corresponding scaffolding questions.

• Included in this resource:
• Do Now - Inferring and dividing social, political and economic effects into categories
• Economic Effects graphic organizer with scaffolding questions
• Social Effects graphic organizer with scaffolding questions
• Political Effects graphic organizer with scaffolding questions
• Pioneers and Pathways: Analyzing Westward Expansion roleplay activity
• Answer key for teachers (suggested)

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