AP United States History study guides
Unit overviews and topic breakdowns with timelines, key figures, and vocabulary.
Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
Read unit overview →1.1Contextualizing Period 11.2Native American Societies Before European Contact1.3European Exploration in the Americas1.4Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest1.5Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System1.6Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans1.7Causation in Period 1
Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754
Read unit overview →2.1Contextualizing Period 22.10Causation in Period 22.2European Colonization2.3The Regions of British Colonies2.4Transatlantic Trade2.5Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans2.6Slavery in the British Colonies2.7Colonial Society and Culture2.8Comparison in Period 22.9Continuity and Change in Period 2
Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
Read unit overview →3.1Contextualizing Period 33.10Shaping a New Republic3.11Developing an American Identity3.12Movement in the Early Republic3.2The Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)3.3Taxation Without Representation3.4Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution3.5The American Revolution3.6The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals3.7The Articles of Confederation3.8The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification3.9The Constitution
Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
Read unit overview →4.1Contextualizing Period 44.10The Second Great Awakening4.11An Age of Reform4.12African Americans in the Early Republic4.13The Society of the South in the Early Republic4.2The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson4.3Politics and Regional Interests4.4America on the World Stage4.5Market Revolution: Industrialization4.6Market Revolution: Society and Culture4.7Expanding Democracy4.8Jackson and Federal Power4.9The Development of an American Culture
Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
Read unit overview →5.1Contextualizing Period 55.10Reconstruction5.11Failure of Reconstruction5.12Comparison in Period 55.13Causation in Period 55.2Manifest Destiny5.3The Mexican-American War5.4The Compromise of 18505.5Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences5.6Failure of Compromise5.7Election of 1860 and Secession5.8Military Conflict in the Civil War5.9Government Policies During the Civil War
Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898
Read unit overview →6.1Contextualizing Period 66.2Westward Expansion: Economic Development6.3Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development6.4The "New South"6.5Technological Innovation6.6The Rise of Industrial Capitalism6.7Labor in the Gilded Age6.8Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age6.9Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945
Read unit overview →7.1Contextualizing Period 77.10The Great Depression7.11The New Deal7.12Interwar Foreign Policy7.13World War II: Mobilization7.14World War II: Military7.15Postwar Diplomacy7.2Imperialism: Debates7.3The Spanish-American War7.4The Progressives7.5World War I: Military and Diplomacy7.6World War I: Home Front7.71920s: Immigration Policy7.81920s: Cultural and Political Controversies7.9The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance
Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
Read unit overview →8.1Contextualizing Period 88.10The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)8.11The Civil Rights Movement Expands8.12Youth Culture of the 1960s8.13The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 19808.14Society in Transition8.2The Cold War from 1945 to 19808.3The Red Scare8.4Economy After 19458.5Culture After 19458.6Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)8.7America as a World Power8.8The Vietnam War8.9The Great Society
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