AP US History

Complete Course Modules & Topic Breakdown
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Unit 1: Period 1 (1491–1607)
  • 1.1 Contextualizing Period 1
  • 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
📝 Practice Unit 1
Unit 2: Period 2 (1607–1754)
  • 2.1 Contextualizing Period 2
  • 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 in Period 2
📝 Practice Unit 2
Unit 3: Period 3 (1754–1800)
  • 3.1 Contextualizing Period 3
  • 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 in Period 3
📝 Practice Unit 3
Unit 4: Period 4 (1800–1848)
  • 4.1 Contextualizing Period 4
  • 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 in Period 4
📝 Practice Unit 4
Unit 5: Period 5 (1844–1877)
  • 5.1 Contextualizing Period 5
  • 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 in Period 5
📝 Practice Unit 5
Unit 6: Period 6 (1865–1898)
  • 6.1 Contextualizing Period 6
  • 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 in Period 6
📝 Practice Unit 6
Unit 7: Period 7 (1890–1945)
  • 7.1 Contextualizing Period 7
  • 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 in Period 7
📝 Practice Unit 7
Unit 8: Period 8 (1945–1980)
  • 8.1 Contextualizing Period 8
  • 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 in Period 8
📝 Practice Unit 8
Unit 9: Period 9 (1980–Present)
  • 9.1 Contextualizing Period 9
  • 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 in Period 9
📝 Practice Unit 9