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Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.13
Which technological innovation most directly contributed to environmental degradation during California Gold Rush period?
Steam-powered machinery generating air pollution due to coal burning.
Telegraph lines interrupting migration patterns of bird species.
Expansion of railroad networks removing vast tracts of forest lands.
Hydraulic mining techniques causing widespread soil erosion and siltation of rivers.
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