AP US History

Review unit 1 in AP United States History with these resources! This unit covers the time period of 1491-1607. Notable topics in this unit include European exploration and encounters in the Americas, the Columbian Exchange, Labor, Slavery and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System, and cultural interactions between Europeans, Native Americans and Africans.

Unit 1 – Interactions North America, 1491-1607

Unit 1 Overview: Early Contact with the New World (1491-1607)

1.1 Context: European Encounters in the Americas

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 in Period 1

Study for the AP United States History exam with our unit 2 resources, studying from 1607 to 1754, including important topics like European Colonization, the British Colonies, Transatlantic Trade, Slavery in the Colonies, and Colonial Society and Culture.

Unit 2 – Colonial Society, 1607-1754

2.1 Context: European Colonization

Unit 2 Overview: Colonization of North America (1607-1754)

2.8 Comparison in Period 2

2.3 The Regions of the British Colonies

2.7 Colonial Society and Culture

2.4 Transatlantic Trade

2.2 European Colonization

2.5 Interactions between Native Americans and Europeans

2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies

Use our resources to study unit 3 in AP United States History! Learn all about 1754 - 1800 through topics such as taxation without representation, the influence of philosophical ideas and the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, and The Constitution.

Unit 3 – Conflict & American Independence, 1754-1800

3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

Unit 3 Overview: Conflict & American Independence (1754-1800)

3.9 The Constitution

3.11 Developing an American Identity

3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

3.3 Taxation without Representation 

3.7 The Articles of Confederation

3.5 The American Revolution

3.1 Context: The Revolutionary Period

3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

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

3.12 Movement in the Early Republic

3.10 Shaping a New Republic

3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3 (1754-1800)

Discover 1800 - 1848 with these resources for unit 4 of APUSH. Learn all about the Jeffersonian Era, America on the World Stage, The Market Revolution, the Jacksonian Era and federal power, emerging American culture, the Second Great Awakening, and the South in the Early Republic.

Unit 4 – American Expansion, 1800-1848

4.9 The Development of an American Culture

4.8 Jackson and Federal Power

4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

Unit 4 Overview: Beginnings of Modern American Democracy (1800-1848)

4.10 The Second Great Awakening

4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture

4.7 Expanding Democracy

4.13 The Society of the South in the
Early Republic

4.3 Politics and Regional Interests

4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic

4.4 America on the World Stage

4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization

4.1 Context of Early American Democracy

4.11 An Age of Reform

4.14 Causation in Period 4, 1800-1848

Study for AP United States history from 1844 - 1877 with our unit 5 resources! Notable topics in this unit include Manifest Destiny and westward expansion, the Mexican-American War, the Compromise of 1850, the election of 1860 and succession, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

Unit 5 – Civil War & Reconstruction, 1848-1877

Unit 5 Overview: Toward the Civil War & Reconstruction (1848-1877)

5.10 Reconstruction

5.3 The Mexican–American War

5.6 Failure of Compromise

5.2 Manifest Destiny

5.4 The Compromise of 1850

5.9 Government Policies during the Civil War

5.11 Failure of Reconstruction

5.1 Contextualizing Period 5

5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

5.12 Comparison in Period 5, 1844-1877

Learn about unit 6 of AP United States History with our resources. This unit covers the time period of 1865-1898. Notable topics in this unit include westward expansion, the "New South", industrialization and capitalism, the Gilded Age, and responses to immigration.

Unit 6 – Industrialization & the Gilded Age, 1865-1898

6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age

6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government

6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development

6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

6.4 The "New South"

6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

6.5 Technological Innovation

6.9 Responses to Immigration

Unit 6 Overview: The Industrial Revolution (1865-1898)

6.14 Continuity and Change in Period 6

6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

6.10 Development of the Middle Class

6.8 Immigration and Migration

6.3 Westward Expansion Social and Cultural Development

6.1 Context of Industrialization and the Gilded Age

Review unit 7 of AP United States History with our resources. This unit covers the time period of 1890-1945. Key topics in this unit include imperialism, the Spanish-American War, the Progressiva Era, World War 1, pop culture and innovation in the 1920's, The Great Depression, The New Deal, and World War 2.

Unit 7 – Conflict in the Early 20th Century, 1890-1945

7.1 Context: America in the World

7.15 Comparison in Period 7

7.2 Imperialism: Debates

Unit 7 Overview: The Early 20th Century (1890-1945)

7.14 Postwar Diplomacy

7.13 World War II: Military

7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy

7.12 World War II: Mobilization

7.7 1920s: Innovations

7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

7.10 The New Deal

7.4 The Progressives

7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy

7.9 The Great Depression

7.3 The Spanish-American War

7.6 World War I: Home Front

Prepare for the AP United States History exam with our unit 8 resources! Learn all about the Cold War from 1945 - 1980 with topics such as the Red Scare, the Vietnam War, youth culture in the 1960's, and the Civil Rights Movement.

Unit 8 – The Postwar Period & Cold War, 1945-1980

8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources 

8.11 The Expansion of the Civil Rights Movement

8.9 The Great Society

8.7 America as a World Power

8.15 Continuity and Change in Period 8

8.3 The Red Scare

8.4 Economy after 1945

Unit 8 Overview: The Postwar Period & Cold War (1945-1980)

8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980

8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

8.5 Culture after 1945

8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s

8.14 Society in Transition

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

8.1 Context: U.S. as a Global Leader

8.8 The Vietnam War

Wrap up APUSH with unit 9 of AP United States History with our resources that cover 1980 to the present, including topics such as Reagan and Conservatism, the end of the Cold War, Immigration, and present day America.

Unit 9 – Entering Into the 21st Century, 1980-Present

9.7 Causation in Period 9

9.6 Challenges of the 21st Century

9.1 Context: Present Day America

9.4 A Changing Economy

9.2 Reagan and Conservatism 

9.5 Migration and Immigration

9.0 Unit 9 Overview: Entering Into the 21st Century (1980-Present)

9.3 The End of the Cold War

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Previous Exam Prep

Manifest Destiny and Its Impact

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The First and Second Great Awakening

The First and Second Great Awakening - Slides

Sectional and Regional Differences

Key Documents and Foundations of the American Revolution

Abolitionist and Other Reform Movements

Articles of Confederation

The Gilded Age

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Age of Jackson

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Southern Society and Life Under Slavery in the mid-19th century

Southern Society and Life Under Slavery in the mid-19th century - Slides

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