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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Contextualizing Period 6

Explain the setting for the rise of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898, from Civil War policy to world markets, and write context that earns the point.

Topic 6.1 · 12 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01What the years before 1865 handed to Period 6
  2. 02The world around American industry
  3. 03The period's three big developments
  4. 04How historians frame the period
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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