AP U.S. History

Citation of class texts:

Paul S. Boyer, Clifford E. Clark, Joseph F. Kett, The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People 5th Edition, (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).

Stephen Armstrong, 5 Steps To A 5: AP U.S. History 2014 Edition, (McGraw-Hill Education, 2013)

Content Outline (Semester One)

Chapter 1 - Native Peoples of America (to 1500)

Chapter 2 - The Rise of the Atlantic World (1400-1625)

Chapter 3 - Expansion and Diversity: The Rise of Colonial America (1625-1700)

Chapter 4 - The Bonds of Empire (1660-1750)

Chapter 5 - Roads to Revolution (1750-1776)

Chapter 6 - Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood (1776-1788)

Chapter 7 - Launching the New Republic (1789-1800)

Chapter 8 - Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings (1801-1824)

Chapter 9 - The Transformation of American Society (1815-1840)

Chapter 10 - Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform (1824-1840)

Chapter 11 - Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life (1824-1840)

Chapter 12 - The Old South and Slavery (1830-1860)

Chapter 13 - Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict (1840-1848)

Chapter 14 - From Compromise to Secession (1850-1861)

Chapter 15 - Crucible of Freedom: Civil War (1861-1865)

Chapter 16 - The Crises of Reconstruction (1865-1877)

Chapter 17 - The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West (1860-1900)

Content Outline (Semester Two)

Chapter 18 - The Rise of Industrial America (1865-1900)

Chapter 19 - Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life (1860-1900)

Chapter 20 - Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age (1877-1900)

Chapter 21 - The Progressive Era (1900-1917)

Chapter 22 - Global Involvements and World War I (1902-1920)

Chapter 23 - The 1920s: Coping with Change (1920-1929)

Chapter 24 - The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1939)

Chapter 25 - Americans and a World in Crisis (1933-1945)

Chapter 26 - The Cold War Abroad and at Home (1945-1952)

Chapter 27 - America at Midcentury (1952-1960)

Chapter 28 - The Liberal Era (1960-1968)

Chapter 29 - A Time of Upheaval (1968-1974)

Chapter 30 - Society, Politics, and World Events from Ford to Reagan (1974-1989)

Chapter 31 - Beyond the Cold War: Charting a New Course (1988-1995)

Chapter 32 - New Century, New Challenges (1996 to the Present)