AP®HistoryCollege BoardUS HistoryPeriod 6: 1865-1898

Period 6: 1865-1898 (College Board AP® US History)

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Westward Expansion: Economic Development

  1. Agricutural Changes Grow Farming
  2. Railroads Contribute to the Growth of the Nation

Westward Expansion: Social & Cultural Development

  1. Migration Westward
  2. Relocation of Native Americans
  3. End of the West

The "New South"

  1. Economy of the "New South"
  2. Jim Crow in the "New South"

Technological Innovation

  1. Technology in the Gilded Age

The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

  1. The Wealthy of the Gilded Age
  2. Lack of Government Intervention in Industry & Welfare

Labor in the Gilded Age

  1. Labor Organizes

Immigration & Migration in the Gilded Age

  1. Americans on the Move

Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

  1. Public Debate For & Against Immigration

Development of the Middle Class

  1. The Growth of the Middle Class

Reform in the Gilded Age

  1. Rise of Social Reform

Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

  1. Control of Railraods & Overseas Markets

Politics in the Gilded Age

  1. Political Corruption during the Gilded Age
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