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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Westward Expansion: Economic Development

Explain how railroads, mining, ranching, farm machines and federal policy built the western economy after 1865, and why farmers organized against it.

Topic 6.2 · 14 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Federal subsidies built the network
  2. 02Mines, cattle and new towns
  3. 03Machines grew more food, and prices fell
  4. 04Farmers organized against the middlemen
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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