AP U.S History

Unit 1: (1491-1697)

This period is about early America and European explorers visting the islands, along with Natives that already lived there

Unit 2: (1607-1754)

European Colonization and the British Colonies

Unit 3: (1754-1800)

Events leading to the American Revolution and a New America

Unit 4: (1800-1848)

Era of Expansion and the Market Revolution

Unit 5: (1844-1877)

Events leading up to the Civil War, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Unit 6: (1865-1898)

The transition of American society and the Gilded Era

Unit 7: (1890-1945)

An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role

Unit 8: (1945-1980)

Post WW2 and the Cold War

Unit 9: (1980-Present)

Rise of of the conservative movement and the end of the Cold War