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AP United States History

9 units · 45 topics · 1,404 lessons · Exam: May

American history from 1491 to the present across nine periods, with the causation, comparison, and argument skills the DBQ and LEQ demand.

Start: Native American Societies Before Contact Find a tutor Exam Sprint
  1. 1Period 1: 1491–1607
  2. 2Period 2: 1607–1754
  3. 3Period 3: 1754–1800
  4. 4Period 4: 1800–1848
  5. 5Period 5: 1844–1877
  6. 6Period 6: 1865–1898
  7. 7Period 7: 1890–1945
  8. 8Period 8: 1945–1980
  9. 9Period 9: 1980–Present
Course pathAll videos
1

Period 1: 1491–1607

Native societies and European contact.

  1. 1Native American Societies Before ContactUp next42 lessons
  2. 2European Exploration and the Columbian Exchange39 lessons
  3. 3Labor and Caste in the Spanish Colonies20 lessons
  4. 4Cultural Interactions in the Americas8 lessons
2

Period 2: 1607–1754

Colonial societies, trade, and slavery.

  1. 1European ColonizationCoverage growing
  2. 2Comparing the Colonial Regions10 lessons
  3. 3Mercantilism and Colonial Labor10 lessons
  4. 4Native Americans and Europeans23 lessons
  5. 5Slavery in the British ColoniesCoverage growing
  6. 6The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment37 lessons
3

Period 3: 1754–1800

Revolution, the Constitution, and the new republic.

  1. 1The French and Indian War38 lessons
  2. 2Road to the American Revolution14 lessons
  3. 3The American Revolution14 lessons
  4. 4The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution61 lessons
  5. 5The Early Republic29 lessons
  6. 6American Identity and Movement West6 lessons
4

Period 4: 1800–1848

Democracy, markets, and reform.

  1. 1Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy30 lessons
  2. 2America on the World Stage6 lessons
  3. 3The Market Revolution33 lessons
  4. 4Second Great Awakening and Reform Movements35 lessons
  5. 5African Americans and the South in the Early Republic8 lessons
5

Period 5: 1844–1877

Expansion, sectional crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction.

  1. 1Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War59 lessons
  2. 2Sectional Crisis29 lessons
  3. 3The Civil War58 lessons
  4. 4Reconstruction47 lessons
6

Period 6: 1865–1898

Industrial capitalism, immigration, and the West.

  1. 1Industrialization and the Gilded Age64 lessons
  2. 2The New SouthCoverage growing
  3. 3Immigration, Urbanization, and Labor51 lessons
  4. 4The West and Populism6 lessons
7

Period 7: 1890–1945

Empire, reform, war, depression, and world war.

  1. 1American Imperialism and World War I46 lessons
  2. 2Progressivism41 lessons
  3. 3The 1920s34 lessons
  4. 4The Great Depression and the New Deal62 lessons
  5. 5Interwar Foreign Policy and WWII21 lessons
  6. 6World War II on the Home Front11 lessons
8

Period 8: 1945–1980

The Cold War, civil rights, and social change.

  1. 1The Cold War70 lessons
  2. 2The Red Scare and Postwar CultureCoverage growing
  3. 3The Civil Rights Movement39 lessons
  4. 4The Vietnam WarCoverage growing
  5. 5The Great Society and the 1960s31 lessons
  6. 6The Environment and a Society in TransitionCoverage growing
9

Period 9: 1980–Present

Conservatism, the end of the Cold War, and a changing nation.

  1. 1The Rise of Conservatism24 lessons
  2. 2The End of the Cold WarCoverage growing
  3. 3Globalization and the Post-Cold War World25 lessons
  4. 4Challenges of the 21st Century11 lessons