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AP United States History

An intensive chronological study of the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present.

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COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD
Comparing the development of Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonies and tracing the evolution of the transatlantic slave trade.
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GILDED AGE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION
Investigating the rise of corporate monopolies, labor union movements, mass immigration, and political machines in the late 19th century.
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MARKET REVOLUTION AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
Exploring early 19th-century industrialization, transportation networks, and the expansion of suffrage alongside the Second Great Awakening.
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PROGRESSIVISM, IMPERIALISM, AND WORLD WAR I
Evaluating domestic reform movements aimed at fixing industrial ills and the shift in US foreign policy toward global intervention.
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND EARLY REPUBLIC
Examining the ideological roots of the Revolution, the writing of the Constitution, and the formation of the first political party system.
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THE COLD WAR, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND MODERN AMERICA
Tracing the policy of containment, the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, and the political realignments of the late 20th century.
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The Korean War never officially ended with a peace treaty; the fighting stopped in 1953 with an armistice that created the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that still exists today.
— The Cold War Escalates: Korea & 1950s F…
Though one emphasized reason and the other faith, the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening both encouraged colonists to question authority, paving the way for the American Revolution.
— The Enlightenment and the First Great A…
The political cartoonist Thomas Nast was so influential that his drawings helped bring down New York's corrupt "Boss" Tweed by exposing his crimes to a massive audience, including those who couldn't read.
— Gilded Age Politics: Corruption and Ref…
The American victory at the Battle of Saratoga was the crucial turning point of the Revolutionary War, as it convinced France to enter the war as an American ally, providing vital naval and military support.
— The American Revolutionary War (1775-18…
The invention of the steamboat was revolutionary because, for the first time, it allowed goods to be moved quickly and cheaply upstream against a river's current.
— The Transportation Revolution in Early …
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