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Understanding the causes of conflicts may help us resolve current conflicts and even prevent future ones from occurring.  You will research a conflict dealing with or as a result of Columbian Exchange and analyze its causes from historical and economic perspectives.

For the purposes of this CBA,"conflict" is defined as"a struggle between two or more groups."
Possible Conflicts to Research:
1.  Tobacco
Slavery Smoking with Children in the Car
Rise in Health Costs Westward Migration
Smoking in Public Places Tobacco Timeline
Tobacco Usage  
Government efforts to reduce smoking Secondhand Smoke
2.  Diseases

Destruction of Native American population-

"The Euro-biomedical Impact on the American Indian"

  "Diseases"

Whitman Massacre (Measles)

   "Creating America (Jamestown)"
"The Whitman Massacre-Religion and Manifest Destiny on the Columbia Plateau 1809-1858" "Travel and Emergence of Infectious Diseases"
"Columbus May be Linked to Syphilis" "Tracking down an Ancient Killer"
3.  Coffee
History with Various Conflicts listed Caffeine: A legal drug
Destruction of Rain Forests    
4.  Sugar
Rise of Slavery-African American Voices
Haitian Revolution
Cause of American Civil War
Slave Revolts
Rise of Slavery in Brazil
"World Leaders must combat slavery worldwide" "Children need an age-appropriate diet"
"The US should pay reparations for slavery" "The US should not pay reparations for slavery"
5.  Slavery
Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Movement
"Slavery in the US is a serious problem" "Americans have paid their debt to African Americans"
6.  Potatoes
Irish Potato Famine "Ireland, America and famine"
Germany's Rise to Power in WWI and WWII  
Genetically Altered Food    
7.  Horses
Native Americans- Have vs Have Not's   "The Horse in North America"
Change of Lifestyle   "Indians"
"Lakotas feared fighters of the Plains"   "America before Columbus"
8.  Corn
Africa's Food Crisis Subsidies for Corn  
Need for Genetically Altered Food Biofuels  
Rising Price of Food "Genetically Engineered Crops Pose Many Risks"  
"Genetically modifying food crops is ethical" "Genetically modified foods are unsafe to eat"  

 

Background Information on Columbus:

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Natives & The Land-

Great Resource! Scroll down to find links to documents about each specific exchange item

 
 
 Columbian Exchange Essay by Alfred Crosby
 
 
 
"Columbian Exchange"