AP®︎ US History: Topic 6.14 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 6.14 of AP US History – Continuity and Change in Period 6.
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Topic 6.14
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-6.1.I
What was a key feature of industrial production during the Gilded Age?
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Topic 6.14: Continuity and Change
Learning Objective: Unit 6: Learning Objective L
Explain the extent to which industrialization brought change from 1865 to 1898.
Review: KC-6.1
Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
Review: KC-6.1.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.
Review: KC-6.1.II
A variety of perspectives on the economy and labor developed during a time of financial panics and downturns.
Review: KC-6.1.III
New systems of production and transportation enabled consolidation within agriculture, which, along with periods of instability, spurred a variety of responses from farmers.
Review: KC-6.2
The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Review: KC-6.2.I
International and internal migration increased urban populations and fostered the growth of a new urban culture.
Review: KC-6.2.II
Larger numbers of migrants moved to the West in search of land and economic opportunity, frequently provoking competition and violent conflict.
Review: KC-6.3
The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
Review: KC-6.3.I
New cultural and intellectual movements both buttressed and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age.
Review: KC-6.3.II
Dramatic social changes in the period inspired political debates over citizenship, corruption, and the proper relationship between business and government.
