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The final project for APUSH is designed to review key topics and prepare you for the AP exam. The goal is to trace a topic throughout U.S. history to determine the continuities and changes over time.
The final project for APUSH is designed to review key topics and prepare you for the AP exam. The goal is to trace a topic throughout U.S. history to determine the continuities and changes over time.
Topcs
Topcs
Civil Liberties
Black Americans
Women's Rights
Native American Relations
Other disadvantages (poverty, access to education, child labor etc.)
Political Parties
Foreign Policy 20th Century
Foreign Policy 19th Century
The U.S. and Latin America
Media & Public Opinion
Health & Medicine in U.S. History
Environmental Policy & Conservation
American Identity
Movement of People (migrations)
Manufacturing and Technology
Agriculture
Education
Testing the Constitution
Role of Government (expanding power)
Taxes and Finance (banking, federal revenue, debt, etc.)
Supreme Court Cases & Legal Precedents
Immigration
Settlement patterns
Legal restrictions
Nativism
Religion in American Politics & Society
Things to Include
Things to Include
Start by analyzing the state of affairs relevant to your topic from 1776 to the present.
Trace the development of issues relevant to your topic in as many periods as possible.
Include 10 to 20 events total. Some topics will have more or less.
Identify Turning points that define new periods related to the topic.
Significant developments and events (i.e., supreme court cases, laws, amendments, executive orders, new inventions, conflicts, diplomacy, tariffs and taxes, etc.)
Include historical situation for each event.
Key individuals
Fun facts - try to find something interesting about an event, person, or development. Perhaps something is interesting in relation to where we are today on the issue versus where we were, for example.
Getting Started
Getting Started
Topic: Taxes and Finance
Topic: Taxes and Finance
Hamilton's Financial Plan
American System (tariffs and infrastructure spending)
Jackson's veto of the Second National Bank
Creation of the Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Housing Administration
The Great Inflation 1965-1982
Fair Credit Reporting Act 1970
Tax Reform Act 1986 - lowered federal income tax rates
High interest rates to combat inflation - 16.6% (1980s)
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010
Getting Started
Getting Started
Don't focus much on the timeline maker. Use your time to list the key events, people, conflicts, developments, etc. related to your topics. Remember to include Supreme Court cases, legislation, presidential policies, and other movements that relate to your topic.
Each event on the timeline should be chosen because of its significance to the topic. You will need to describe the event, include an image, and provide links to the resources you used.
Choose sources that are accurate and trustworthy. Try the following to get started.
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