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APUSH Geography/Environment (Period 7 (New tech makes world a smaller…
APUSH Geography/Environment
Period 1
Gold in Latin America drove exploration
Disease from Europeans killed 95% Native people
Period 2
Climate/soil differences led to family farming in North and plantations in South
Illness in the South killed indentured servants
Period 3
End of freely available land in East --> Push Westward
Conflict b/w coastal elites and backwoods farmers
Period 4
Expansion of cotton in South --> Expansion of slavery
Continued Push westward; Manifest Destiny
Texas annexation
Period 5
Discovery of Gold in CA leads to gold rush
Large population in North, MW states help win the Civil War
Period 6
Cities are polluted and back working conditions leads to illness
West is conquered
Period 7
New tech makes world a smaller place
Conservation movement begins
Ocean shields from war
Development of atom bomb
Period 8
Serious industrial pollution from 1945-1970
Begin to address serious pollution in 1970s
Dependence on oil fuels international conflict
Period 9
Wars in Middle East led to efforts to reduce dependence on oil
Growing movement of eco-consciousness in energy and food