Key Concept 5.1: The United States became more connected with the world, pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere, and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries.
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war.
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left unresolved many questions about the powerof the federal government and citizenship rights.
Key Concept 6.1: Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Key Concept 6.3:The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
Chapters
Period 5 & 6 Chapter 16 - The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860
Chapter 17 - Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848
Chapter 18 - Renewing the Sectional Struggling, 1848-1854
Chapter 19 - Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861
Chapter 20 - Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865
Chapter 21 - The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865
Chapter 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Chapter 23 - Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896
Chapter 24 - Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900
Chapter 25 - America Moves to the City, 1865-1900
Chapter 26 - The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
Chapter 27 - The Path of Empire, 1890-1899
