AP U.S. History

Units

Nine units, one for each period, numbered as College Board numbers them. Each unit's share of the multiple-choice section is printed beside it, as College Board publishes it.

1. Unit 1 Period 1: 1491–1607 4–6% of the multiple-choice section · 7 topics

   1. 1.1Contextualizing Period 1
   2. 1.2Native American Societies Before European Contact
   3. 1.3European Exploration in the Americas
   4. 1.4Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
   5. 1.5Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
   6. 1.6Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans
   7. 1.7Causation in Period 1

   Unit 1 overview

2. Unit 2 Period 2: 1607–1754 6–8% of the multiple-choice section · 8 topics

   1. 2.1Contextualizing Period 2
   2. 2.2European Colonization
   3. 2.3The Regions of British Colonies
   4. 2.4Transatlantic Trade
   5. 2.5Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans
   6. 2.6Slavery in the British Colonies
   7. 2.7Colonial Society and Culture
   8. 2.8Comparison in Period 2

   Unit 2 overview

3. Unit 3 Period 3: 1754–1800 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 13 topics

   1. 3.1Contextualizing Period 3
   2. 3.2The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)
   3. 3.3Taxation Without Representation
   4. 3.4Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
   5. 3.5The American Revolution
   6. 3.6The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
   7. 3.7The Articles of Confederation
   8. 3.8The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
   9. 3.9The Constitution
   10. 3.10Shaping a New Republic
   11. 3.11Developing an American Identity
   12. 3.12Movement in the Early Republic
   13. 3.13Continuity and Change in Period 3

   Unit 3 overview

4. Unit 4 Period 4: 1800–1848 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 14 topics

   1. 4.1Contextualizing Period 4
   2. 4.2The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson
   3. 4.3Politics and Regional Interests
   4. 4.4America on the World Stage
   5. 4.5Market Revolution: Industrialization
   6. 4.6Market Revolution: Society and Culture
   7. 4.7Expanding Democracy
   8. 4.8Jackson and Federal Power
   9. 4.9The Development of an American Culture
   10. 4.10The Second Great Awakening
   11. 4.11An Age of Reform
   12. 4.12African Americans in the Early Republic
   13. 4.13The Society of the South in the Early Republic
   14. 4.14Causation in Period 4

   Unit 4 overview

5. Unit 5 Period 5: 1844–1877 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 12 topics

   1. 5.1Contextualizing Period 5
   2. 5.2Manifest Destiny
   3. 5.3The Mexican–American War
   4. 5.4The Compromise of 1850
   5. 5.5Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences
   6. 5.6Failure of Compromise
   7. 5.7Election of 1860 and Secession
   8. 5.8Military Conflict in the Civil War
   9. 5.9Government Policies During the Civil War
   10. 5.10Reconstruction
   11. 5.11Failure of Reconstruction
   12. 5.12Comparison in Period 5

   Unit 5 overview

6. Unit 6 Period 6: 1865–1898 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 14 topics

   1. 6.1Contextualizing Period 6
   2. 6.2Westward Expansion: Economic Development
   3. 6.3Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development
   4. 6.4The “New South”
   5. 6.5Technological Innovation
   6. 6.6The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
   7. 6.7Labor in the Gilded Age
   8. 6.8Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age
   9. 6.9Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
   10. 6.10Development of the Middle Class
   11. 6.11Reform in the Gilded Age
   12. 6.12Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
   13. 6.13Politics in the Gilded Age
   14. 6.14Continuity and Change in Period 6

   Unit 6 overview

7. Unit 7 Period 7: 1890–1945 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 15 topics

   1. 7.1Contextualizing Period 7
   2. 7.2Imperialism: Debates
   3. 7.3The Spanish–American War
   4. 7.4The Progressives
   5. 7.5World War I: Military and Diplomacy
   6. 7.6World War I: Home Front
   7. 7.71920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
   8. 7.81920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
   9. 7.9The Great Depression
   10. 7.10The New Deal
   11. 7.11Interwar Foreign Policy
   12. 7.12World War II: Mobilization
   13. 7.13World War II: Military
   14. 7.14Postwar Diplomacy
   15. 7.15Comparison in Period 7

   Unit 7 overview

8. Unit 8 Period 8: 1945–1980 10–17% of the multiple-choice section · 15 topics

   1. 8.1Contextualizing Period 8
   2. 8.2The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
   3. 8.3The Red Scare
   4. 8.4Economy after 1945
   5. 8.5Culture after 1945
   6. 8.6Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
   7. 8.7America as a World Power
   8. 8.8The Vietnam War
   9. 8.9The Great Society
   10. 8.10The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
   11. 8.11The Civil Rights Movement Expands
   12. 8.12Youth Culture of the 1960s
   13. 8.13The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
   14. 8.14Society in Transition
   15. 8.15Continuity and Change in Period 8

   Unit 8 overview

9. Unit 9 Period 9: 1980–Present 4–6% of the multiple-choice section · 7 topics

   1. 9.1Contextualizing Period 9
   2. 9.2Reagan and Conservatism
   3. 9.3The End of the Cold War
   4. 9.4A Changing Economy
   5. 9.5Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s
   6. 9.6Challenges of the 21st Century
   7. 9.7Causation in Period 9

   Unit 9 overview

Labs

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