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Unit 5

AP U.S. History Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

10–17% of the multiple-choice section · about 17 class periods · 12 topics

Expansion and the Mexican-American War, sectional conflict, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

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