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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Politics in the Gilded Age

Compare Gilded Age Republicans and Democrats, explain why city machines and the Populist Party arose, and test a source's claims with evidence.

Topic 6.13 · 16 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Two evenly matched parties
  2. 02What the parties fought about: tariffs and money
  3. 03Corruption, patronage and the reformers
  4. 04City machines
  5. 05The Populist challenge
  6. 06Testing a source's claims
  7. 07Worked examples
  8. 08Where students lose points
  9. 09On the exam

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