APUSH Must Know's

Having a general grasp of the following major documents, terms, and cases will be a big help on the AP US history exam. Don't worry about knowing specifics or memorizing details—just get the general gist.

• John Winthrop, “City on a Hill” / “A Model of Christian Charity”

• Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

• Thomas Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence”

• James Madison, “Constitution of the United States”

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, “Declaration of Sentiments”

• Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

• Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (main ideas)

• Abraham Lincoln, “House Divided” speech, Second Inaugural Address

• Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”

• Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth” (main ideas)

• Josiah Strong, “Our Country” (main ideas)

• Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” (main ideas)

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, December 8 1941 address

• George Kennan, “Long Telegram”

• Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, “I Have a Dream” speech

• Betty Friedan “The Feminine Mystique” (main ideas)

• Ronald Reagan “Evil Empire” speech

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Bush v. Gore

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Nixon Doctrine

• Bush Doctrine