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Unit 6, Period 6 (1865 to 1898): The Gilded Age

7 dot points across 7 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What broad forces transformed the United States from a war-torn agrarian republic into an industrial and urban power between 1865 and 1898?

What changed and what stayed the same in the United States across the Gilded Age, and how do you turn that into a continuity and change argument?

How did mass immigration and rapid urban growth transform American society, and how did Americans respond to the newcomers?

How did industrial workers respond to the harsh conditions of the Gilded Age, and why did organized labor make so little progress?

Why was Gilded Age politics so corrupt and closely divided, and how did the Populist movement challenge the economic order?

How did technological innovation and new forms of business organization create industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age?

How did the settlement of the West reshape the economy and the nation, and what did it cost American Indians?