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

Period 1 & 2 Review

1.9 MC Answers and Review

1.7 Causation in Period 1

Columbus & the Legacy of Discovery

1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

Recap of Period 1 for Quizzes. Potential Multiple Choice Questions

Interactions between Native Americans and Europeans

Columbus & the Legacy of Discovery - Stream Slides

Recap of Period 1 for Quizzes. Potential Multiple Choice Questions - Slides

1.8 Multiple Choice Questions

1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

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

1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

1.1 Context: European Encounters in the Americas

1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

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

APUSH Units 1 & 2 Review CRAM 🌶🌶🌶

Cram 1/2 Slides

2.10 MC Answers and Review

The Impact of Slavery on Colonial America

The Impact of Slavery on Colonial America - Slides

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

The Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies - Slides

2.10 Multiple Choice Questions

Period 2 Recap & Exam Review

2.8 Comparison in Period 2

Compare and Contrast Colonial America

2.3 The Regions of the British Colonies

2.1 Unit 2 Overview: Contextualization

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

Key Documents and Foundations of the American Revolution

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

Articles of Confederation

3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

3.15 MC Answers and Review

Hamilton's Financial Plan

Hamilton's Financial Plan - Slides

3.14 Multiple Choice Questions

Growing Calls for Independence

The Constitution and New Republic

Period 3 Review Slides

Jefferson vs. Hamilton

3.9 The Constitution

Historical Thinking Skills in Period 3

Historical Thinking Skills in Period 3 - Slides

The American Revolution

Slides: The Road to the American Revolution

Washington's Presidency

Putting Period 3 in Context

Jefferson vs. Hamilton - Slides

3.11 Developing an American Identity

3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

The American Revolution Q&A

3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3

Review of Units 3-4

3.3 Taxation without Representation 

Washington's Presidency - Slides

Articles of Confederation - Slides

3.7 The Articles of Confederation

The Election of 1800 as a Turning Point

The Election of 1800 as a Turning Point - Slides

Election of 1800 Slides

Period 3 Review

Key Documents and Foundations of the American Revolution - Slides

Period 3 SAQ Practice

Understanding the French and Indian War

Period 3 Recap & Exam Review

Slides: Legacies of the American Revolution 

Understanding the French and Indian War - Slides

3.5 The American Revolution

Review of Periods 3-4

Review of Periods 3 & 4 - Slides

Constitutional Debate

Constitutional Debate - Slides

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

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

Manifest Destiny and Its Impact

The First and Second Great Awakening

The First and Second Great Awakening - Slides

Abolitionist and Other Reform Movements

Age of Jackson

Age of Jackson - Slides

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

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

Writing in Period 4

4.15 MC Answers and Review

Manifest destiny and Its Impact - Slides

4.9 The Development of an American Culture

The Jeffersonian Republic

Era of Good Feelings

Writing in Period 4 - Slides

Market Revolution

Women & the Market Revolution - LEQ Practice

4.8 Jackson and Federal Power

4.15 Multiple Choice Questions

John Marshall's Court

John Marshall's Court - Slides

Antebellum Politics

Rise of Political Parties

Putting Period 4 in Context

Putting Period 4 in Context - Stream Slides

4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

Market Revolution - Slides

Period 4 Review

Era of Good Feelings - Slides

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

4.10 The Second Great Awakening

4.0 Unit 4 Overview: Contextualization

Antebellum Politics - Slides

4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture

4.14 Causation in Period 4

Rise of Political Parties - Slides

4.7 Expanding Democracy

Document Based Questions Period 4

Document Based Questions Period 4 - Slides

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: Development of the Republic

4.11 An Age of Reform

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

Test Review Session for Period 5

Test Review Session for Period 5 - Slides

5.14 MC Answers and Review

Sectional and Regional Differences

The Civil War

Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny - Slides

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

Period 1-5 Review

Period 1-5 Review - Slides

5.10 Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Reconstruction - Slides

Election of 1860

Review of Units 5 & 6

5.13 Multiple Choice Questions

5.3 The Mexican–American War

5.6 Failure of Compromise

5.2 Manifest Destiny

5.4 The Compromise of 1850

Putting Period 5 in Context

Antebellum America

Unit 5 Overview: Contextualization

Road to the Civil War

Period 5 in Context Slides

5.9 Government Policies during the Civil War

Road to the Civil War - Slides

Period 5 Review

5.11 Failure of Reconstruction

5.1 Context: Sectional Conflict

5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War

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

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age - Stream Slides

Populism

Populism - Slides

The Rise of Industrialization and City Life During the Gilded Age

Rise of Industrialization and City Life

6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age

Period 6 Review

Period 6 Review - Slides

6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government

6.15 MC Answers and Review

6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development

6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

6.4 The "New South"

Conquest of the West

6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age

6.5 Technological Innovation

Review of Period 6

6.9 Responses to Immigration

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

6.14 Continuity and Change in Period 6

Conquest of the West - Slides

Context: Expansion and the Gilded Age

6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age

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