AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes
6.1: Contextualizing Period 6
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP US History Guided Notes
AMSCO 6.1 - Contextualizing Period 6
Learning Objectives
- Explain the historical context for the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States during the period from 1865 to 1898.
- Explain a historical context for the increased international and internal migration in the United States during the period from 1865 to 1898.
I. Economic Changes
1. What role did European investors play in funding the expansion of large-scale American industries?
2. How did technological advances between 1860 and 1890 transform American industrial production?
3. How did railroads, steamships, and telegraph networks enable American industries to expand their markets?
II. Political Change
1. What pro-growth government policies supported American business expansion during this period?
2. What problems did the federal government largely ignore, and what debates did this inaction generate?
III. Migration and Urbanization
1. What sources of migration drove population growth in industrial cities and western territories?
2. How did rapid urbanization create both opportunities and serious problems in American cities?
3. How did industrialization and urbanization affect Native Americans and create cultural conflicts?
IV. Reform Efforts
1. What groups organized reform movements and what specific changes did they demand?
2. How did reform movements of the Gilded Age influence 20th-century reform efforts?