Period 6 (jan 1, 1865 – jan 1, 1898)

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Overall Trends in Period 6:
Second industrial revolution
Western and Imperial Expansion
Builds on manifest destiny
Spanish-american war
Us becomes empire
Mckinley presidency
- The “Gilded Age”
- 1870’s-1890’s
- businesses, growing economic inequality

Populism
Farmers
Election 1896

Start of progressive era
Teddy roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson


New industrial economy
Gross domestic product quadrupled
US has lots more industrial output on global stage
Railroads were big contributor- shipped materials and products, consumed industrial products like steel, wood, etc.

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