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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Reform in the Gilded Age

Explain how agrarians, utopians, socialists, Social Gospel ministers and women reformers answered industrial capitalism, and source their documents.

Topic 6.11 · 16 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Why industrial capitalism produced so many critics
  2. 02Alternative visions for the economy
  3. 03Women seeking equality through organizations, college and reform
  4. 04Sourcing a reformer's document
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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