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1. Period 1: 1491–1607 19 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
2. Period 2: 1607–1754 25 files
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Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
3. Period 3: 1754–1800 38 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
4. Period 4: 1800–1848 40 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
5. Period 5: 1844–1877 34 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
6. Period 6: 1865–1898 43 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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 Period 6
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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 Period 6
Past Paper Questions
- 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic 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
- 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
- 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
- 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
Unit Tests
7. Period 7: 1890–1945 43 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
8. Period 8: 1945–1980 44 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
- 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
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
- 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
Past Paper Questions
Unit Tests
9. Period 9: 1980–Present 19 files
Handouts
Presentation slides
Exercise walk-through slides
Vocabulary
Topic Quizzes
Exercise sheets
Past Paper Questions
- AP United States History — Question index
- 1.3 European Exploration in the Americas
- 2.2 European Colonization
- 2.3 The Regions of British Colonies
- 2.7 Colonial Society and Culture
- 2.8 Comparison in Period 2
- 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
- 3.9 The Constitution
- 3.10 Shaping a New Republic
- 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson
- 4.3 Politics and Regional Interests
- 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
- 5.4 The Compromise of 1850
- 5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences
- 5.6 Failure of Compromise
- 5.10 Reconstruction
- 5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
- 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic 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
- 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
- 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
- 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
- 7.2 Imperialism: Debates
- 7.4 The Progressives
- 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
- 7.12 World War II: Mobilization
- 8.1 Contextualizing Period 8
- 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
- 8.3 The Red Scare
- 8.4 Economy After 1945
- 8.7 America as a World Power
- 8.9 The Great Society
- 8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands
- 8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s
- 8.14 Society in Transition
- 9.3 The End of the Cold War
Topic quizzes
- 1. Period 1: 1491–1607
- 2. Period 2: 1607–1754
- 3. Period 3: 1754–1800
- 4. Period 4: 1800–1848
- 5. Period 5: 1844–1877
- 6. Period 6: 1865–1898
- 7. Period 7: 1890–1945
- 8. Period 8: 1945–1980
- 9. Period 9: 1980–Present
Unit tests
- 2. Period 2: 1607–1754
- 3. Period 3: 1754–1800
- 4. Period 4: 1800–1848
- 5. Period 5: 1844–1877
- 6. Period 6: 1865–1898
- 7. Period 7: 1890–1945
- 8. Period 8: 1945–1980
Mock papers
Course companion
Glossary
Topic handouts
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Period 6
- 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
- 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
- 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
Lesson slides
- 1. Period 1: 1491–1607
- 2. Period 2: 1607–1754
- 3. Period 3: 1754–1800
- 4. Period 4: 1800–1848
- 5. Period 5: 1844–1877
- 6. Period 6: 1865–1898
- 7. Period 7: 1890–1945
- 8. Period 8: 1945–1980
- 9. Period 9: 1980–Present
Lesson slides
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Period 6
- 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
- 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
- 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
Vocabulary lists
- 1. Period 1: 1491–1607
- 2. Period 2: 1607–1754
- 3. Period 3: 1754–1800
- 4. Period 4: 1800–1848
- 5. Period 5: 1844–1877
- 6. Period 6: 1865–1898
- 7. Period 7: 1890–1945
- 8. Period 8: 1945–1980
- 9. Period 9: 1980–Present
Flashcards
Weekly vocab tests
- Week 1 · Topic 1 · Period 1: 1491-1607
- Week 2 · Topics 1–2 · Period 1: 1491-1607, Period 2: 1607-1754
- Week 3 · Topics 2–3 · Period 2: 1607-1754, Period 3: 1754-1800
- Week 4 · Topic 3 · Period 3: 1754-1800
- Week 5 · Topics 3–4 · Period 3: 1754-1800, Period 4: 1800-1848
- Week 6 · Topic 4 · Period 4: 1800-1848
- Week 7 · Topics 4–5 · Period 4: 1800-1848, Period 5: 1844-1877
- Week 8 · Topics 5–6 · Period 5: 1844-1877, Period 6: 1865-1898
- Week 9 · Topics 6–7 · Period 6: 1865-1898, Period 7: 1890-1945
- Week 10 · Topics 7–8 · Period 7: 1890-1945, Period 8: 1945-1980
- Week 11 · Topic 8 · Period 8: 1945-1980
- Week 12 · Topics 8–9 · Period 8: 1945-1980, Period 9: 1980-Present
Weekly homework
Exercise sheets
- Complete pack — exercise sheets + past papers
- 1 Period 1: 1491–1607 — Part 1
- 1 Period 1: 1491–1607 — Part 2
- 2 Period 2: 1607–1754 — Part 1
- 2 Period 2: 1607–1754 — Part 2
- 3 Period 3: 1754–1800 — Part 1
- 3 Period 3: 1754–1800 — Part 2
- 4 Period 4: 1800–1848 — Part 1
- 4 Period 4: 1800–1848 — Part 2
- 5 Period 5: 1844–1877 — Part 1
- 5 Period 5: 1844–1877 — Part 2
- 6 Period 6: 1865–1898 — Part 1
- 6 Period 6: 1865–1898 — Part 2
- 7 Period 7: 1890–1945 — Part 1
- 7 Period 7: 1890–1945 — Part 2
- 8 Period 8: 1945–1980 — Part 1
- 8 Period 8: 1945–1980 — Part 2
- 9 Period 9: 1980–Present — Part 1
- 9 Period 9: 1980–Present — Part 2
Past papers
- 1.3 European Exploration in the Americas
- 2.2 European Colonization
- 2.3 The Regions of British Colonies
- 2.7 Colonial Society and Culture
- 2.8 Comparison in Period 2
- 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
- 3.9 The Constitution
- 3.10 Shaping a New Republic
- 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson
- 4.3 Politics and Regional Interests
- 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
- 5.4 The Compromise of 1850
- 5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences
- 5.6 Failure of Compromise
- 5.10 Reconstruction
- 5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
- 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic 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
- 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
- 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
- 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
- 7.2 Imperialism: Debates
- 7.4 The Progressives
- 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
- 7.12 World War II: Mobilization
- 8.1 Contextualizing Period 8
- 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
- 8.3 The Red Scare
- 8.4 Economy After 1945
- 8.7 America as a World Power
- 8.9 The Great Society
- 8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands
- 8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s
- 8.14 Society in Transition
- 9.3 The End of the Cold War
Tips
Read the prompt's task verb before anything else. Explain, compare, evaluate and describe each earn points differently, and answering the wrong verb is the most common avoidable loss.
Evidence must be specific and named. "Many reformers pushed for change" earns nothing; a named movement, figure, law or event tied to the claim does.
In document-based questions, use the documents *and* your own knowledge. Sourcing a document - who wrote it, for whom, and why - is a separate skill from quoting what it says, and both are assessed.