Examine motivating economic factors that influenced the development of the United States economy over time including scarcity, supply and demand, opportunity costs, incentives, profits, and entrepreneurial aspects.
Remarks
Examples areTriangular Trade, colonial development - New England, Middle, and Southern colonies - Revolutionary War, Manifest Destiny, compromises over slavery issues, the Civil War, Reconstruction.General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 8
Strand: Economics
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved
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Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
SS.8.E.1.AP.1: Identify factors that influenced the development of the United States economy over time.
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