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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

Explain the laissez-faire case, how far Gilded Age government really stayed out of the economy, and why policymakers sought markets in the Pacific and Latin America.

Topic 6.12 · 14 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The laissez-faire case
  2. 02A government that was never really hands-off
  3. 03Reaching for markets and resources abroad
  4. 04Contextualizing a development
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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