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Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945

Contextualizing Period 7

Explain the setting for 1890 to 1945, from Gilded Age industry and the 1893 depression to world empires and war, and write context that earns the point.

Topic 7.1 · 12 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01What the Gilded Age handed to Period 7
  2. 02The world around the United States, 1890 to 1945
  3. 03The three stories of the period
  4. 04How historians have framed the period
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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