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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

Technological Innovation

Explain how steel, oil, electricity, the telephone and new machines multiplied American production after 1865, and connect them to earlier and later technological change.

Topic 6.5 · 11 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Steel and the resources behind it
  2. 02Electricity and instant communication
  3. 03New machines, new products, more output
  4. 04Connecting Period 6's technology across time
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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