Period 7 (1898 - 1945)

College Board Key Concepts

AP Exam Weight: 10 - 17%

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: Innovation in Communication/Technology

7.8 1920s: Cultural/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

Period 7 Power Point Presentation(s)

PPT US Imperialism APUSH.pptx

US Imperialism, 1877 - 1914

PPT The Progressive Era APUSH.pptx

The Progressive Era

PPT P7 America in WWI APUSH.pptx

America in World War I

P7 PPT The 1920s 20-21 APUSH.pptx

The Roaring Twenties

P7B PPT The Great Depression _ the New Deal APUSH.pptx

The Great Depression and the New Deal

P7B PPT America in WWII APUSH.pptx

America in World War II

Period 7 Essentials:

Key Concept 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.

Key Concept 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.

Key Concept 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.

AMSCO Reading Guides

AMSCO Ch. 20.pdf

Becoming a World Power, 1898 - 1917

AMSCO Ch. 21.pdf

Reviewing the Populists and Analyzing the Progressives, 1865 - 1920

AMSCO Ch. 22.pdf

World War I, 1914 - 1918

AMSCO Ch. 23.pdf

The Modern Era of the "Roaring Twenties"

AMSCO Ch. 24.pdf

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929 - 1939

AMSCO Ch. 25.pdf