AP US History

AP U.S. History

In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.

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Unit 1
1491–1607

1.1 Contextualizing

1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

1.7 Causation

Unit 2
1607–1754

2.1 Contextualizing

2.2 European Colonization

2.3 The Regions of British Colonies

2.4 Transatlantic Trade

2.5 Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans

2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies

2.7 Colonial Society and Culture

2.8 Comparison

Unit 3
1754–1800

3.1 Contextualizing

3.2 The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)

3.3 Taxation Without Representation

3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

3.5 The American Revolution

3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

3.7 The Articles of Confederation

3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

3.9 The Constitution

3.10 Shaping a New Republic

3.11 Developing an American Identity

3.12 Movement in the Early Republic

3.13 Continuity and Change

Unit 4
1800–1848

4.1 Contextualizing

4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

4.3 Politics and Regional Interests

4.4 America on the World Stage

4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization

4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture

4.7 Expanding Democracy

4.8 Jackson and Federal Power

4.9 The Development of an American Culture

4.10 The Second Great Awakening

4.11 An Age of Reform

4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic

4.13 The Society of the South in the Early Republic

4.14 Causation

Unit 5
1844–1877

5.1 Contextualizing

5.2 Manifest Destiny

5.3 The Mexican–American War

5.4 The Compromise of 1850

5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

5.6 Failure of Compromise

5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

5.9 Government Policies During the Civil War

5.10 Reconstruction

5.11 Failure of Reconstruction

5.12 Comparison

Unit 6
1865–1898

6.1 Contextualizing

6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development

6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development

6.4 The “New South”

6.5 Technological Innovation

6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age

6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

6.10 Development of the Middle Class

6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age

6.14 Continuity and Change

Unit 7
1890–1945

7.1 Contextualizing

7.2 Imperialism: Debates

7.3 The Spanish–American War

7.4 The Progressives

7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy

7.6 World War I: Home Front

7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology

7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

7.9 The Great Depression

7.10 The New Deal

7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy

7.12 World War II: Mobilization

7.13 World War II: Military

7.14 Postwar Diplomacy

7.15 Comparison

Unit 8
1945–1980

8.1 Contextualizing

8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980

8.3 The Red Scare

8.4 Economy after 1945

8.5 Culture after 1945

8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)

8.7 America as a World Power

8.8 The Vietnam War

8.9 The Great Society

8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands

8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s

8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

8.14 Society in Transition

8.15 Continuity and Change

Unit 9
1980–Present

9.1 Contextualizing

9.2 Reagan and Conservatism

9.3 The End of the Cold War

9.4 A Changing Economy

9.5 Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s

9.6 Challenges of the 21st Century

9.7 Causation

AP U.S. History

Unit 1​1491–1607

1.1 Contextualizing

​1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

​1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

​1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

​1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

​1.7 Causation

​Unit 2​1607–1754

2.1 Contextualizing

​2.2 European Colonization

​2.3 The Regions of British Colonies

​2.4 Transatlantic Trade

​2.5 Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans

​2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies

​2.7 Colonial Society and Culture

​2.8 Comparison

Unit 31754–1800

​3.1 Contextualizing

​3.2 The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)

​3.3 Taxation Without Representation

​3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

​3.5 The American Revolution

​3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

​3.7 The Articles of Confederation

​3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

3.9 The Constitution

​3.10 Shaping a New Republic

​3.11 Developing an American Identity

​3.12 Movement in the Early Republic

​3.13 Continuity and Change

Unit 41800–1848

​4.1 Contextualizing

​4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

4.3 Politics and Regional Interests

​4.4 America on the World Stage

​4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization

​4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture

​4.7 Expanding Democracy

4​.8 Jackson and Federal Power

​4.9 The Development of an American Culture

4.10 The Second Great Awakening

​4.11 An Age of Reform

​4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic

​4.13 The Society of the South in the Early Republic

​4.14 Causation

Unit 51844–1877

​5.1 Contextualizing

​5.2 Manifest Destiny

​5.3 The Mexican–American War

​5.4 The Compromise of 1850

​5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

​5.6 Failure of Compromise

​5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

​5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

​5.9 Government Policies During the Civil War

​5.10 Reconstruction

​5.11 Failure of Reconstruction

​5.12 Comparison

​Unit 61865–1898

​6.1 Contextualizing

​6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development

​6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development

6.4 The “New South”

​6.5 Technological Innovation

​6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

​6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

​6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age

​6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

​6.10 Development of the Middle Class

​6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

​6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age

​6.14 Continuity and Change

Unit 71890–1945

​7.1 Contextualizing

7.2 Imperialism: Debates

​7.3 The Spanish–American War

Unit 1
1491–1607

1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

1.7 Causation

Unit 2
1607–1754

2.2 European Colonization

2.3 The Regions of British Colonies

2.4 Transatlantic Trade

2.5 Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans

2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies

2.7 Colonial Society and Culture

2.8 Comparison

Unit 3
1754–1800

3.1 Contextualizing

3.2 The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)

3.3 Taxation Without Representation

3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

3.5 The American Revolution

3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

3.7 The Articles of Confederation

3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

3.10 Shaping a New Republic

3.11 Developing an American Identity

3.12 Movement in the Early Republic

3.13 Continuity and Change

Unit 4
1800–1848

4.1 Contextualizing

4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

4.4 America on the World Stage

4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization

4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture

4.7 Expanding Democracy

4.8 Jackson and Federal Power

4.9 The Development of an American Culture

4.11 An Age of Reform

4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic

4.13 The Society of the South in the Early Republic

4.14 Causation

Unit 5
1844–1877

5.1 Contextualizing

5.2 Manifest Destiny

5.3 The Mexican–American War

5.4 The Compromise of 1850

5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

5.6 Failure of Compromise

5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

5.9 Government Policies During the Civil War

5.10 Reconstruction

5.11 Failure of Reconstruction

5.12 Comparison

Unit 6
1865–1898

6.1 Contextualizing

6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development

6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development

6.5 Technological Innovation

6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age

6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

6.10 Development of the Middle Class

6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

6.14 Continuity and Change

Unit 7
1890–1945

7.1 Contextualizing

7.3 The Spanish–American War

7.4 The Progressives

7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy

7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology

7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

7.9 The Great Depression

7.10 The New Deal

7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy

7.13 World War II: Military

7.14 Postwar Diplomacy

7.15 Comparison

Unit 8
1945–1980