Period 6: 1865 - 1898
Period 6 is worth 13% of the AP Exam. This period will be covered in approximately 9 class periods.
The College Board uses key concepts to denote the testable material for each period. The full, detailed version of these concepts are located here. Please take the time to know these concepts, as anything mentioned is fair game for the AP Exam.
Key Concept 6.1— Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States
Key Concept 6.2— The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Key Concept 6.3— The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
Period 6 Key Terms
Key term that will be an invaluable study tool as we get closer to the AP exam in May. Each term should include the information provided on Quizlet.
Chapter 16
Laissez-faire
Monopoly
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration
Robber barons
Trust
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Blacklist
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
Collective bargaining
Knights of Labor
Haymarket Riot
Chapter 17
Gilded Age
Social Gospel
urbanization
Tenements
Political machine
Settlement house
New Woman
People’s Party
Farmers’ alliance
Coxey’s Army
Company town
Pullman Strike