AP United States History

RESOURCES

• Introduction

  • • Classroom Rules, Guidelines, and Policies

    • Class Folder Guidelines

    • The Complete School Atlas

• Chapter 1:  Europe Discovers America (AMSCO Chapter 1)

  • • Notes

      • • 1.1 Notes: The Age of Exploration

        • 1.2 Notes: Colonial Beginnings

        • 1.3 Notes: The Puritans in America

        • 1.4 Notes: Other English Colonies

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 1 Place Location

        • Chapter 1 Organizing Information:  The Europeans Reach America

        • "Who was that Man?" Article from Scholastic Search

        • Chapter 1 Primary Source:  Conquest of the Aztecs

        • Chapter 1 Primary Source:  Treatment of Native Americans

        • Chapter 1 Primary Source:  Richard Hakluyt, Discourse of Western Planting (1584)

        • Chapter 1 Organizing Information:  American Colonies

        • Chapter 1 Review Sheet

• Chapter 2:  American Society in the Making (AMSCO Chapters 2-3)

  • • Notes

      • • 2.1 Notes: Life in the Chesapeake Colonies

        • 2.2 Notes: Life in the Southern Colonies

        • 2.3 Notes: Life in the New England Colonies

        • 2.4 Notes: Life in the Middle Colonies

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 2 Place Location

        • Chapter 2 Primary Source:  Indentured Servants

        • Chapter 2 Primary Source:  The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)

        • "Witch Hunt" Article from Constitution

        • Chapter 2 Review Sheet

• Chapter 3A:  Imperial Wars and Colonial Protest

  • • Notes

      • • 3A.2 Notes:  The Seven Years' War

        • 3A.3 Notes:  Taxation without Representation

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 3A Place Location

        • Chapter 3A Primary Source:  Braddock's Defeat

        • Chapter 3A Review Sheet

• Chapter 3B:  The American Revolution and Confederation

  • • Notes

      • • 3B.4 Notes:  Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

        • 3B.5 Notes:  The American Revolution

        • 3B.6 Notes:  The Influence of Revolutionary Ideas

        • 3B.7 Notes:  The Articles of Confederation

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 3B Place Location

        • Chapter 3B Critical Thinking:  Who Fired the First Shot at Lexington?

        • Chapter 3B HIstorical Skills:  Establishing the Credibility of Documents

        • Chapter 3B Organizing Information:  Key Battles in the American Revolution

        • Chapter 3B Review Sheet

• Chapter 3C:  The Constitution and the New Republic

  • • Notes

      • • 3C.8 Notes:  The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

        • 3C.10A Notes:  Shaping a New Republic, Part 1

        • 3C.10B Notes:  Shaping a New Republic, Part 2

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 3C Place Location

        • Chapter 3C Bingo:  Creating the Constitution Playing Sheet

        • Chapter 3C Bingo:  Creating the Constitution Terms

        • Chapter 3C Bingo:  Creating the Constitution Questions

        • Chapter 3C Review Sheet

• Chapter 4A:  The Age of Jefferson

  • • Notes

      • • 4A.2A Notes:  The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson, Part 1

        • 4A.2B Notes:  The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson, Part 2

        • 4A.4A Notes:  America on the World Stage, Part 1

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4A Place Location

        • Chapter 4A Review Sheet

• Chapter 4B:  Nationalism and Economic Development

  • • Notes

      • • 4B.4B Notes:  America on the World Stage, Part 2

        • 4B.4C Notes:  America on the World Stage, Part 3

        • 4B.3 Notes:  Politics and Regional Interests

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4B Place Location

        • Chapter 4B Review Sheet

• Chapter 4C:  Sectionalism

  • • Notes

      • • 4C.5 Notes:  Market Revolution

        • 4C.6 Notes:  Effects of the Market Revolution on Society and Culture

        • 4C.12 Notes:  African Americans in the Early Republic

        • 4C.13 Notes:  Southern Society in the Early Republic

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4C Place Location

        • Chapter 4C Review Sheet

• Chapter 4D:  The Age of Jackson

  • • Notes

      • • 4D.7 Notes:  Expanding Democracy

        • 4D.8A Notes:  Jackson and Federal Power, Part 1

        • 4D.8B Notes:  Jackson and Federal Power, Part 2

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4D Place Location

        • Chapter 4D Review Sheet

• Chapter 4E:  Society, Culture, and Reform

  • • Notes

      • • 4E.9 Notes:  The Development of an American Culture

        • 4E.10 Notes:  The Second Great Awakening

        • 4E.11 Notes:  An Age of Reform

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4E Place Location

        • Chapter 4E.9 Bingo:  The American Renaissance Playing Sheet

        • Chapter 4E.9 Bingo:  The American Renaissance Terms

        • Chapter 4E.9 Bingo:  The American Renaissance Questions

        • Chapter 4E Review Sheet

• Chapter 5A:  Territorial and Economic Expansion

  • • Notes

      • • 5A.2 Notes:  The Idea of Manifest Destiny

        • 5A.3 Notes:  Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War

        • 5A.4 Notes:  The Compromise of 1850

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5A Place Location

        • Chapter 5A Review Sheet

• Chapter 5B:  The Union in Peril

  • • Notes

      • • 5B.5 Notes:  Sectional Conflict and Regional Differences

        • 5B.6 Notes:  Failure of Compromise

        • 5B.7 Notes:  Election of 1860 and Secession

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5B Place Location

        • Chapter 5B Review Sheet

• Chapter 5C:  The Civil War

  • • Notes

      • • 5C.8A Notes:  Military Conflict in the Civil War, Part 1

        • 5C.8B Notes:  Military Conflict in the Civil War, Part 2

        • 5C.9 Notes:  Government Policies during the Civil War

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5C Place Location

        • Chapter 5C Review Sheet

• Chapter 5D:  Reconstruction and the South

  • • Notes

      • • 5D.10A Notes:  Reconstruction, Part 1

        • 5D.10B Notes:  Reconstruction, Part 2

        • 5D.11 Notes:  Failure of Reconstruction

        • 5D-6.4 Notes:  The "New South"

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5D Place Location

        • Chapter 5D Review Sheet

• Chapter 6B:  The Rise of Industrial America

• • • • Notes

        • 6B.2A Notes:   Westward Expansion and Economic Development, Part 1

        • 6B.5 Notes:  Technological Innovation

        • 6B.6 Notes:  The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

        • 6B.7 Notes:  Labor in the Gilded Age

• • • Handouts

      • • Chapter 6B Place Location

        • Chapter 6B Review Sheet

• Chapter 6C:  The Growth of Cities and America

  • • Notes

      • • 6C.8 Notes:  Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age

        • 6C.9 Notes:  Response to Immigration in the Gilded Age

        • 6C.10 Notes:  Development of the Middle Class

        • 6C.11 Notes:  Reform in the Gilded Age

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 6C Place Location

        • Chapter 6C.9 Reading:  The Debate on the Chinese Exclusion Act

        • Chapter 6C.9 Reading:  "Thomas Nast:  The Power of One Person's Wood Engravings"

        • Chapter 6C.10-11 Bingo:  Cultural Trends in the Gilded Age Playing Sheet

        • Chapter 6C.10-11 Bingo:  Cultural Trends in the Gilded Age Terms

        • Chapter 6C.10-11 Bingo:  Cultural Trends in the Gilded Age Questions

        • Chapter 6C Review Sheet

• Chapter 6D:  The Politics of the Gilded Age

  • • Notes

      • • 6D2B Notes:  Westward Expansion and Economic Development, Part 2

        • 6D.12 Notes:  Role of Government in the Gilded Age

        • 6D. 13 Notes:  Politics in the Gilded Age

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 6D Place Location

        • Chapter 6D.13 Feature Essay--The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

        • Chapter 6D Review Sheet

• Chapter 7A:  Becoming a World Power

  • • Notes

      • • 7A.2 Notes:  Debates on Imperialism

        • 7A.3A Notes:  The Spanish-American War

        • 7A.3B Notes:  United States Foreign Policy to 1917, Part 1

        • 7A.3C Notes:  United States Foreign Policy to 1917, Part 2

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 7A Place Location

        • Chapter 7A.3A Article:  "Studies of the Maine Blast Still Inconclusive" from The State Journal-Register

        • Chapter 7A Review Sheet

• Chapter 7B:  The Progressive Era

  • • Notes

      • • 7B.4A Notes:  Origins of Progressivism

        • 7B.4B Notes:  Political Reforms in Cities and States

        • 7B.4C Notes:  Political Reforms in the Nation

        • 7B.4D Notes:  Blacks and Women in the Progressive Era

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 7B Place Location Sheet

        • Chapter 7B.4B Primary Source--The Triangle Factory Fire

        • Chapter 7B.4C Literature Connection--Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

        • Chapter 7B.4D Reading--Springfield Race Riot of 1908

        • Chapter 7B Review Sheet

• Chapter 7C:  World War I and Its Aftermath

  • • Notes

      • • 7C.5A Notes:  Origins of World War I and American Neutrality

        • 7C.5B Notes:  Decision for War and Fighting the War

        • 7C.5C Notes:  Making the Peace

        • 7C.6A Notes:  World War I and the Home Front

        • 7C.6B Notes:  Postwar Problems

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 7C Place Location

        • Chapter 7C.6A Bingo - World War I Home Front Playing Sheet

        • Chapter 7C.6A Bingo - World War I Home Front Terms

        • Chapter 7C.6A Bingo - World War I Home Front Questions

        • Chapter 7C Review Sheet

• Chapter 25:  Postwar Society and Culture:  Change and Adjustment

  • • Notes

      • • 25.1 Notes--Society in the 1920s

        • 25.2 Notes--Division in American Society

        • 25.3 Notes--Boom Times in the Jazz Age

    • Handouts

      • • "John T. Scopes" from Great Trials in American History

        • "The Gangster Era" from The Heartland

        • "Scottsboro Nine" from Great Trials in American History

        • "Sacco Guilty, Vanzetti Innocent" Article from American Heritage

        • "The Jazz Age" Bingo Playing Sheet

        • "The Jazz Age" Terms

        • "The Jazz Age" Questions

        • Chapter 25 Study Guide

        • Chapter 25 Review Sheet

• Chapter 26:  The New Era:  1921-1933

  • • Notes

      • • 26.1 Notes--The Politics of Normalcy

        • 26.2 Notes--Search for Peace

        • 26.3 Notes--Hoover and the Great Depression

    • Handouts

      • • "How to Read Stock Quotations" from US News & World Report

        • The Days of Boom and Bust Excerpts

        • "The Bonus March" from Illinois History

        • Chapter 26 Study Guide

        • Chapter 26 Review Sheet

• Chapter 27:  The New Deal:  1933-1941

  • • Notes

      • • 27.1 Notes--Forging a New Deal

        • 27.2 Notes--New Deal Critics and the Second New Deal

        • 27.3 Notes--The Legacy of the New Deal

        • 27.4 Notes--Isolationism Ties the Hands of FDR

    • Handouts

      • • "The Land Begins to Blow" from Farming the Dust Bowl

        • Chapter 27 Study Guide

        • Chapter 27 Review Sheet

• Chapter 28:  War and Peace

  • • Notes

      • • 28.1 Notes--World War II at Home

        • 28.2 Notes--Toward Victory in Europe and the Pacific

        • 28.3 Notes--Origins of the Cold War

• • Handouts

    • • • Chapter 28 Place Location

        • Chapter 28 Review Sheet

• Chapter 29:  The American Century

  • • Notes

      • • 29.1 Notes--The Truman Years and the Cold War

        • 29.2 Notes--Eisenhower and the Expanding Cold War

        • 29.3 Notes--Signs of Change

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 29 Place Location

        • Chapter 29 Review Sheet

• Chapter 30:  From Camelot to Watergate

  • • Notes

      • • 30.1 Notes--The Kennedy and Johnson Years

        • 30.2 Notes--The Vietnam War

        • 30.3 Notes--The Nixon Years and Watergate

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 30 Place Location

        • Chapter 30 Review Sheet

• Chapter 31:  Society in Flux

  • • Notes

      • • 31.1 Notes--American Society in the 1960s

        • 31.2 Notes--Civil Rights for All

        • 31.3 Notes--Student Protests and the Counterculture

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 31 Review Sheet

• Chapter 32:  Running on Empty:  The Nation Transformed

  • • Notes

      • • 32.1 Notes--The Ford and Carter Years

        • 32.2 Notes--Reagan and the 1980s

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 32 Place Location

        • Chapter 32 Review Sheet

• Chapter 33:  Misdemeanors and High Crimes

  • • Notes

      • • 33.1 Notes--The Bush Years

        • 33.2 Notes--The Clinton Years

        • 33.3 Notes--The Bush Years, Part II

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 33 Review Sheet

SEMESTER EXAMS

• 1st Semester Exam (Chapters 3A-5B)

  • • Review Sheet

    • Place Location

• 2nd Semester Exam (Chapters 5C-7C)

  • • Review Sheet

    • Place Location

RESEARCH PAPER

• Guidelines

• Topics

• Writing the Thesis Statement:  The Chicken-Claw Method

• Writing the Thesis Statement and Outline

• Formatting an MLA Research Paper

• MLA Citation Guide

• CREI (Claim-Reason-Evidence-Inference/Interpretation) Chart

• Research Paper Checklist

• Research Paper Rubric

• Guide to Punctuation

AP EXAM REVIEW

• AP United States History Exam Review 

• AP United States History from the 1920s-Present

• AP United States History Part 1 Study Guide

• AP United States History Part 2 Study Guide

• AP United States History Part 3 Study Guide

• Analyzing Documents:  SOAPS and OPTIC

• Writing for the AP United States History Exam

  • • Writing the Short-Answer Question (SAQ)

    • Writing the Document-Based Question (DBQ)

    • Sample DBQ and Student Response

    • Writing the Long-Essay Question (LEQ)

    • Sample LEQ and Student Response

    • Writing for the United States History Exam