Unit 6
Period 6: 1865-1898
Key Concept 6:1 Technological advances, larger-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.
Class Preparation Assignments
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Unit 6 Class Preparation Assignment on Microsoft Teams, due 1/4, 1/11, and 1/18
Readings
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AMSCO, Chapter 16, 17, 18, 19
Brinkley, Chapter 16, 17, 18
Videos
Birdseye Overview
Heimler's History
Microscopic Detail (follows the Key Concept Outlines)
6.1.I
6.1.II
6.1.III
6.2.I
6.2.II
6.3.I
6.3.II
Slides
The following slides are from our fearless friend and leader, John Burkowski, Jr., Social Studies, AAA -- for more resources, visit his website.
JB APUSH 6.2-6.3 - Westward Expansion: Economic, Social, and Cultural Development
JB APUSH 6.5-6.6 - Technological Innovation & The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
JB APUSH 6.7 - Labor in the Gilded Age
JB APUSH 6.10 - Development of the Middle Class
JB APUSH 6.11 - Reform in the Gilded Age
JBAPUSH 6.12-6.13 - Controversies over the Roles of Government & Politics in the Gilded Age