United States History Advanced Placement Edition

Contents
Preface
Introduction
UNIT 1 - Period 1: 1491-1607
Topic 1.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 1.2
Cultures of Central and South America
Cultures of North America
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 1.3
The European Context for Exploration
Expanding Trade
Developing Nation-States
Dividing the Americas
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 1.4
Christopher Columbus
The Columbian Exchange
The Rise of Capitalism
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 1.5
Spanish Exploration and Conquest
Spanish Caste System
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 1.6
European Treatment of Native Americans
Survival Strategies by Native Americans
The Role of Africans in America
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 1.7
Questions About Causation
Think as a Historian
Unit 1 - Period 1 Review: 1491-1607
Write as a Historain
Long Essay Questions
UNIT 2 - Period 2: 1607-1754
Topic 2.1
Early Settlements
Sources of Labor
Analyze the Context
Topic 2.2
Spanish Colonies
French Colonies
Dutch Colonies
British Colonies
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.3
Early English Settlements
Development of New England
Restoration Colonies
Early Political Institutions
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.4
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism and the Empire
The Dominion of New England
Ongoing Trade Tensions
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.5
Conflict in New England
Conflict in Virginia
Spanish Rule and the Pueblo Revolt
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.6
Demand for Labor
The Institution of Slavery
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.7
Population Growth
The Structure of Colonial Society
The Great Awakening
Cultural Life
The Enlightenment
The Colonial Relationship with Britain
Politics and Government
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 2.8
Questions About Comparison
Think as a Historian
Unit 2 - Period 2 Review: 1607-1754
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questins
Document-Based Questions
UNIT 3 - Period 3: 1754-1800
Topic 3.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 3.2
Empires at War, 1689–1763
The First Three Wars
The Decisive Conflict
Reorganization of the British Empire
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.3
British Actions and Colonial Reactions
New Revenues and Regulations
Second Phase of the Crisis, 1767–1773
Renewal of the Conflict
Intolerable Acts
The Demand for Independence
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.4
Enlightenment Ideas
Thomas Paine’s Argument for Independence
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.5
The First Continental Congress
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.6
The First Continental Congress
Fighting Begins
The Second Continental Congress
Peace Efforts
The Declaration of Independence
The Revolutionary War
The Competing Sides
Initial American Losses and Hardships
Alliance with France
Victory
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.7
Organization of New Governments
State Governments
The Articles of Confederation
The United States Under the Articles, 1781–1789
Weaknesses of the Articles
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.8
The Annapolis Convention
Drafting the Constitution at Philadelphia
The Delegates
Key Issues at the Convention
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
The Federalist Papers
The Path to Ratification
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.9
Federalism
Separation of Powers
The Bill of Rights
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.10
Washington’s Presidency
Organizing the Federal Government
Hamilton’s Financial Program
Foreign Affairs Under Washington
Domestic Concerns under Washington
The First Political Parties
Origins
Differences Between the Parties
Washington’s Farewell Address
John Adams’ Presidency
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.11
Social Change
Political Change
Cultural Change
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.12
Migration and Settlement
American Indians
Population Change
Slavery
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 3.13
Questions About Continuity and Change
Think as a Historian
Unit 3 - Period 3 Review: 1754-1800
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Question
Document-Based Question
UNIT 4 - Period 4: 1800-1848
Topic 4.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 4.2
The Election of 1800
Jefferson’s Presidency
Aaron Burr
John Marshall’s Supreme Court and Federal Power
Madison’s Presidency
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.3
The Era of Good Feelings
Western Settlement and the Missouri Compromise
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.4
Jefferson’s Foreign Policy
President Madison’s Foreign Policy
The War of 1812
Monroe and Foreign Affairs
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.5
Development of the Northwest
Transportation
Communication
Growth of Industry
Commercial Agriculture
Cotton and the South
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.6
Women
Economic and Social Mobility
Population Growth and Change
Organized Labor
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.7
Greater Equality
Changes to Parties and Campaigns
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.8
Jackson Versus Adams
The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
The Two-Party System
The Western Frontier
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.9
Cultural Nationalism
A Changing Culture: Ideas, the Arts, and Literature
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.10
Causes of Religious Reform
Revivals
New Denominations
Reforms Backed by Religion
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.11
Improving Society
Changes in Families and Roles for Women
Antislavery Movement
Other Reforms
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.12
Free African Americans
Resistance by the Enslaved
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 4.13
Agriculture and King Cotton
Slavery, the “Peculiar Institution”
White Society
Topic Review and Practice
Historical Perspectives
Topic 4.14
Questions About Causation
Unit 4 - Period 4 Review: 1800-1860
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Question
UNIT 5 - Period 5: 1844-1877
Topic 5.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 5.2
Conflicts Over Texas, Maine, and Oregon
Settlement of the Western Territories
Expansion After the Civil War
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.3
Conflict with Mexico
Consequences of the War
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.4
Southern Expansion
Conflict Over Status of Territories
Compromises to Preserve the Union
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.5
Immigration Controversy
Ethnic Conflict in the Southwest
The Expanding Economy
Agitation Over Slavery
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.6
National Parties in Crisis
Extremists and Violence
Constitutional Issues
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.7
The Road to Secession
A Nation Divided
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.8
War
First Years of a Long War: 1861–1862
Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy
The Union Triumphs, 1863–1865
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.9
The End of Slavery
Effects of the War on Civilian Life
Assassination of Lincoln
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.10
Postwar Conditions
Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln and Johnson
Congressional Reconstruction
Reconstruction in the South
The North During Reconstruction
Women’s Changing Roles
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.11
Lincoln’s Last Speech
Evaluating the Republican Record
The End of Reconstruction
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 5.12
Questions About Comparison
Think as a Historian
Unit 5 - Period 5 Review: 1844-1877
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Question
UNIT 6 - Period 6: 1865-1898
Topic 6.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 6.2
Transcontinental Railroads
Settlement of the Last West
Farmers Organize
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.3
The Closing of the Frontier
American Indians in the West
Mexican Americans in the Southwest
The Conservation Movement
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.4
Growth of Industry
Agriculture and Poverty
Segregation
Responding to Segregation
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.5
Inventions
Technology and Growth of Cities
Marketing Consumer Goods
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.6
The Business of Railroads
Industrial Empires
Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Business Influence Outside the United States
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.7
Challenges for Wage Earners
The Struggles of Organized Labor
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.8
Growth of Immigration
Immigration and Growth of Cities
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.9
Opposition to Immigration
Boss and Machine Politics
Settlement Houses
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.10
The Expanding Middle Class
The Gospel of Wealth
Working Women
Impact of Income on Urban Development
Changes in Education
Growth of Popular Culture
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.11
Awakening of Reform
Literature and the Arts
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.12
Government Actions
Political Issues: Civil Service, Currency, and Tariffs
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.13
Political Stalemate
Rise of the Populists
Depression Politics
Turning Point in American Politics: 1896
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 6.14
Questions About Continuity and Change
Think as a Historian
Unit 6 - Period 6 Review: 1865-1898
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Question
UNIT 7 - Period 7: 1890-1945
Topic 7.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 7.2
Expansion after the Civil War
The Era of “New Imperialism”
Opposition to Imperialism
Latin America
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.3
Spanish-American War
Open Door Policy in China
Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” Policy
Roosevelt and Asia
William Howard Taft and Dollar Diplomacy
Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Affairs
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.4
Origins of Progressivism
Who Were the Progressives?
The Muckrakers
Political Reforms in Cities and States
Political Reform in the Nation
African Americans in the Progressive Era
Women and the Progressive Movement
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.5
Neutrality
Economic Links with Britain and France
Public Opinion
The War Debate
The Election of 1916
Peace Efforts
Decision for War
The Treaty of Versailles
The Battle for Ratification
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.6
Mobilization
Public Opinion
Civil Liberties
Armed Forces
Effects on American Society
Postwar Problems
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.7
Causes of Economic Prosperity
Farm Problems
Labor Unions Struggle
Technology and Culture
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.8
Religion, Science, and Politics
Opposition to Immigration
Ku Klux Klan
Arts and Literature
Women, Family, and Education
African American Cultural Renaissance
Republican Majority
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.9
Causes of the 1929 Crash
Underlying Causes of the Great Depression
Effects of the Great Depression
President Hoover’s Policies
Changing Directions
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.10
The Election of 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt as President
The Second New Deal
The Election of 1936
Opponents of the New Deal
The Supreme Court
Labor Unions and Workers’ Rights
Recession, 1937–1938
Life During the Depression
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.11
Post-World War I Agreements
Business and Diplomacy
War Debts and Reparations
Herbert Hoover’s Foreign Policy
Franklin Roosevelt’s Policies, 1933–1939
Prelude to Another War
Outbreak of World War II in Europe
Roosevelt Changes Policies
The Election of 1940
Arsenal of Democracy
Disputes with Japan
The War in Europe in 1941–1942
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.12
The Federal Government Takes Action
The War’s Impact on Society
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.13
Fighting Germany
Fighting Japan
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.14
American Leadership
Wartime Conferences
The War’s Legacy
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 7.15
Questions About Comparison
Think as a Historian
Unit 7 - Period 7 Review: 1890-1945
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Question
UNIT 8 - Period 8: 1945-1980
Topic 8.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 8.2
Origins of the Cold War
Containment in Europe
Cold War in Asia
Eisenhower and the Cold War
To the Brink of War and Back
Lyndon Johnson Becomes President
Nixon’s Detente Diplomacy
Another Chill in the Cold War
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.3
Rooting Out Communists
Espionage Cases
The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.4
Postwar Economy
Truman versus the Republican Congress
Eisenhower in the White House (1953–1961)
Economy under the Democrats (1961–1969)
Nixon’s Domestic Policy
Ford and Carter Confront Inflation
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.5
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.6
Origins of the Movement
Desegregating the Schools and Public Places
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.7
Unrest in the “Third World”
The Middle East
Latin America
Policies in Africa
Limits of a Superpower
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.8
Eisenhower’s Domino Theory
Escalation of the Vietnam War in the 1960s
America’s War
Coming Apart at Home, 1968
Richard Nixon’s Vietnam Policy
Defeat in Southeast Asia
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.9
The War on Poverty
The Election of 1964
Great Society Reforms
Changes in Immigration
Topic Review and Practice.
Topic 8.10
The Leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Federal Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965
Black Muslims and Malcolm X
Race Riots and Black Power
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.11
The Women’s Movement
Latino Americans
American Indian Movement
Asian Americans
Gay Rights Movement
The Warren Court and Individual Rights
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.12
Baby Boom Generation
Student Movement and the New Left
Students Against the Vietnam War
The Counterculture
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.13
Origins of the Environmental Movement
Public Awareness
Government Environmental Protection
Backlash to Environmental Regulations
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.14
American Society in Transition
The Nixon Presidency
Watergate Scandal
Gerald Ford in the White House (1974–1977)
The Election of 1976
An Outsider in the White House
The Burger Court
Conservative Resurgence
A New Era in American Politics
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 8.15
Questions About Comparison
Think as a Historian
Unit 8 - Period 8 Review: 1945-1980
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
Document-Based Question
UNIT 9 - Period 9: 1980-Present
Topic 9.1
Analyze the Context
Topic 9.2
Ronald Reagan and the Election of 1980
The Reagan Revolution
Political Polarization
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 9.3
Foreign Policy During the Reagan Years
George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
Aftermath of the Cold War in Europe
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 9.4
Election of 1992
Clinton’s Focus on the Economy
Technology and a Changing Economy
Income and Wealth
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 9.5
Changing Immigration Policies
Influence of the American South and West
American Society in 2000
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 9.6
Disputed Election of 2000
The War on Terrorism
Elections of 2004 and a Bush Second Term
Election of 2008
Foreign Policy of the Obama Presidency (2009–2017)
Domestic Policy of the George W. Bush Years(2001–2009)
Domestic Policy of the Obama Presidency (2009–2017)
The Trump Presidency and the Election of Biden
Historical Perspectives
Topic Review and Practice
Topic 9.7
Questions About Comparison
Think as a Historian
Unit 9 - Period 9 Review: 1980-Present
Write as a Historian
Long Essay Questions
U.S. History Practice Examination
Section 1
Part A
Part B
Section 2
Part A
Part B