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Unit 8

AP U.S. History Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

10–17% of the multiple-choice section · about 20 class periods · 15 topics

The Cold War, postwar prosperity, civil rights, the Vietnam War, the Great Society and cultural change.

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