AP United States History

What is inside (101 subdecks)

• Historical thinking skills and reasoning processes63 cards

  • 1. Historical thinking skills23 cards
  • 2. Reasoning processes8 cards
  • 3. Course themes9 cards
  • 4. Exam format and rubrics23 cards
• Unit 1: Period 1, 1491–160767 cards

  • 1.2 Native American societies before European contact13 cards
  • 1.3 European exploration in the Americas18 cards
  • 1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish exploration and conquest9 cards
  • 1.5 Labor, slavery and caste in the Spanish colonial system16 cards
  • 1.6 Cultural interactions between Europeans, Native Americans and Africans11 cards
• Unit 2: Period 2, 1607–1754108 cards

  • 2.2 European colonization28 cards
  • 2.3 The regions of British colonies19 cards
  • 2.4 Transatlantic trade17 cards
  • 2.5 Interactions between American Indians and Europeans13 cards
  • 2.6 Slavery in the British colonies12 cards
  • 2.7 Colonial society and culture19 cards
• Unit 3: Period 3, 1754–1800168 cards

  • 3.2 The Seven Years' War (the French and Indian War)13 cards
  • 3.3 Taxation without representation23 cards
  • 3.4 Philosophical foundations of the American Revolution13 cards
  • 3.5 The American Revolution14 cards
  • 3.6 The influence of revolutionary ideals11 cards
  • 3.7 The Articles of Confederation14 cards
  • 3.8 The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratification20 cards
  • 3.9 The Constitution16 cards
  • 3.10 Shaping a new republic28 cards
  • 3.11 Developing an American identity8 cards
  • 3.12 Movement in the early republic8 cards
• Unit 4: Period 4, 1800–1848165 cards

  • 4.2 The rise of political parties and the era of Jefferson14 cards
  • 4.3 Politics and regional interests17 cards
  • 4.4 America on the world stage16 cards
  • 4.5 Market revolution: industrialization18 cards
  • 4.6 Market revolution: society and culture10 cards
  • 4.7 Expanding democracy11 cards
  • 4.8 Jackson and federal power17 cards
  • 4.9 The development of an American culture17 cards
  • 4.10 The Second Great Awakening9 cards
  • 4.11 An age of reform17 cards
  • 4.12 African Americans in the early republic9 cards
  • 4.13 The society of the South in the early republic10 cards
• Unit 5: Period 5, 1844–1877160 cards

  • 5.2 Manifest Destiny20 cards
  • 5.3 The Mexican–American War15 cards
  • 5.4 The Compromise of 185016 cards
  • 5.5 Sectional conflict: regional differences14 cards
  • 5.6 Failure of compromise17 cards
  • 5.7 Election of 1860 and secession9 cards
  • 5.8 Military conflict in the Civil War19 cards
  • 5.9 Government policies during the Civil War14 cards
  • 5.10 Reconstruction20 cards
  • 5.11 Failure of Reconstruction16 cards
• Unit 6: Period 6, 1865–1898165 cards

  • 6.2 Westward expansion: economic development16 cards
  • 6.3 Westward expansion: social and cultural development20 cards
  • 6.4 The "New South"15 cards
  • 6.5 Technological innovation9 cards
  • 6.6 The rise of industrial capitalism19 cards
  • 6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age14 cards
  • 6.8 Immigration and migration in the Gilded Age10 cards
  • 6.9 Responses to immigration in the Gilded Age12 cards
  • 6.10 Development of the middle class9 cards
  • 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age11 cards
  • 6.12 Controversies over the role of government in the Gilded Age10 cards
  • 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age20 cards
• Unit 7: Period 7, 1890–1945206 cards

  • 7.2 Imperialism: debates9 cards
  • 7.3 The Spanish–American War16 cards
  • 7.4 The Progressives34 cards
  • 7.5 World War I: military and diplomacy12 cards
  • 7.6 World War I: home front14 cards
  • 7.7 1920s: innovations in communication and technology10 cards
  • 7.8 1920s: cultural and political controversies21 cards
  • 7.9 The Great Depression15 cards
  • 7.10 The New Deal25 cards
  • 7.11 Interwar foreign policy14 cards
  • 7.12 World War II: mobilization14 cards
  • 7.13 World War II: military15 cards
  • 7.14 Postwar diplomacy7 cards
• Unit 8: Period 8, 1945–1980205 cards

  • 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 198028 cards
  • 8.3 The Red Scare11 cards
  • 8.4 Economy after 194514 cards
  • 8.5 Culture after 19459 cards
  • 8.6 Early steps in the civil rights movement (1940s and 1950s)15 cards
  • 8.7 America as a world power16 cards
  • 8.8 The Vietnam War20 cards
  • 8.9 The Great Society16 cards
  • 8.10 The African American civil rights movement (1960s)22 cards
  • 8.11 The civil rights movement expands17 cards
  • 8.12 Youth culture of the 1960s9 cards
  • 8.13 The environment and natural resources from 1968 to 198011 cards
  • 8.14 Society in transition17 cards
• Unit 9: Period 9, 1980–present78 cards

  • 9.2 Reagan and conservatism23 cards
  • 9.3 The end of the Cold War19 cards
  • 9.4 A changing economy15 cards
  • 9.5 Migration and immigration in the 1990s and 2000s9 cards
  • 9.6 Challenges of the 21st century12 cards