AP US History Gilded Age Review Guide 2024 PDF

AP US History Period 6: Gilded Age Assessment Review, Assessment Date: Friday, 1/24 Review Tips: ​ Key Concept Outline! ​ Look back through the Google slide lectures, readings, images, and assignments posted to Canvas...

AP US History Period 6: Gilded Age Assessment Review, Assessment Date: Friday, 1/24 Review Tips: ​ Key Concept Outline! ​ Look back through the Google slide lectures, readings, images, and assignments posted to Canvas ​ Use your AMSCO (American Flag) Book ​ Review the American Yawp chapters linked below and analyze the images Key Concepts: 6.1 — Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States. I. Large-scale industrial production—accompanied by massive technological change, expanding international communication networks, and pro-growth government policies—generated rapid economic development and business consolidation. II. A variety of perspectives on the economy and labor developed during a time of financial panics and downturns. III. New systems of production and transportation enabled consolidation within agriculture, which, along with periods of instability, spurred a variety of responses from farmers. 6.2 — The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change. I. International and internal migration increased urban populations and fostered the growth of a new urban culture. 6.3 — The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies. I. New cultural and intellectual movements both buttressed and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age. II. Dramatic social changes in the period inspired political debates over citizenship, corruption, and the proper relationship between business and government. AY 16: Capital and Labor ​ New industries/innovations, impact of mass production ​ Improvements in transportation, impact of the railroad ​ Capitalism – dominant industries & names (Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan) ​ Social Darwinism- Captains of industry or robber barons? ​ Philanthropy and the “Gospel of Wealth” ​ Vertical & horizontal integration  ​ Immigration – differences between “old” and “new” groups, impact on the workforce ​ Labor Unions – difference between Knights of Labor and AF of L – what were their goals? ​ Strikes – general understanding of major strikes/demonstrations o​ Great Railroad Strike of 1877 o​ Haymarket 1886 o​ Homestead 1892 o​ Pullman 1894 AY 18: Life in Industrial America ​ Urbanization – Why is the era named Gilded Age? Why did many move to big cities? Impact? Issues? ​ Reaction to immigrants – nativism o​ Chinese Exclusion Act ​ Immigrations & Politics – political machines – Boss Tweed, Tammany Hall ​ Mass Marketing & mail order business AY 20: Progressive Era -- Targeting the Trusts -- Note: Only the ideas listed below from this specific chapter apply. ​ Political movements on behalf of the Farmers: Grangers, Alliances, People’s Party (Populists) ​ Populist Party – general platform, “free silver” issues, William Jennings Bryan and Election of 1896, “Cross of Gold” speech ​ Racial Politics – W.E.B. DuBois & Booker T. Washington