PERIOD 6 · 1865–1898
APUSH Unit 6
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Review western expansion, industry, labor, immigration and Gilded Age politics with focused questions and clear answers.

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Cover all fourteen framework topics through factual recall, regional comparisons, source awareness and cause-and-effect questions. Select a topic to filter the deck.
- 6.1 Contextualizing Period 610 cards
- 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development18 cards
- 6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development20 cards
- 6.4 The “New South”18 cards
- 6.5 Technological Innovation12 cards
- 6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism20 cards
- 6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age22 cards
- 6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age14 cards
- 6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age14 cards
- 6.10 Development of the Middle Class12 cards
- 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age14 cards
- 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age18 cards
- 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age18 cards
- 6.14 Continuity and Change in Period 610 cards
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The 220-card deck covers all fourteen Period 6 topics for 1865–1898: context, western economic and cultural development, the New South, technology, capitalism, labor, migration, responses to immigration, the middle class, reform, government, politics and continuity and change. Definitions are combined with comparisons and short applications.
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