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AP United States History

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

9 units29 topics1,289 videosExam: May
Start: Native American Societies Before Contact Find a tutor Exam Sprint
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1

Period 1: 1491–1607

Native societies and first contact.

2 topics
  1. 1Native American Societies Before ContactUp next42 videos
  2. 2European Exploration and the Columbian Exchange39 videos
2

Period 2: 1607–1754

Colonial societies in North America.

3 topics
  1. 1Comparing the Colonial Regions10 videos
  2. 2Mercantilism and Colonial Labor10 videos
  3. 3The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment37 videos
3

Period 3: 1754–1800

Revolution and a new republic.

4 topics
  1. 1The French and Indian War37 videos
  2. 2Road to the American Revolution18 videos
  3. 3The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution60 videos
  4. 4The Early Republic26 videos
4

Period 4: 1800–1848

Democracy, markets, and reform.

3 topics
  1. 1Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy29 videos
  2. 2The Market Revolution33 videos
  3. 3Second Great Awakening and Reform Movements35 videos
5

Period 5: 1844–1877

Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction.

4 topics
  1. 1Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War57 videos
  2. 2Sectional Crisis29 videos
  3. 3The Civil War55 videos
  4. 4Reconstruction47 videos
6

Period 6: 1865–1898

The Gilded Age.

3 topics
  1. 1Industrialization and the Gilded Age60 videos
  2. 2Immigration, Urbanization, and Labor47 videos
  3. 3The West and Populism2 videos
7

Period 7: 1890–1945

Empire, reform, depression, and world war.

5 topics
  1. 1Progressivism41 videos
  2. 2American Imperialism and World War I47 videos
  3. 3The 1920s33 videos
  4. 4The Great Depression and the New Deal61 videos
  5. 5World War II on the Home Front15 videos
8

Period 8: 1945–1980

Cold War, civil rights, and social change.

3 topics
  1. 1The Cold War69 videos
  2. 2The Civil Rights Movement39 videos
  3. 3The Great Society and the 1960s31 videos
9

Period 9: 1980–Present

Conservatism, globalization, and the twenty-first century.

2 topics
  1. 1The Rise of Conservatism25 videos
  2. 2Globalization and the Post-Cold War World25 videos
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