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College Board AP United States History united-states-history

231 points in 9 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.

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1 Period 1: 1491–1607

1.1 Contextualizing Period 1
1.1.A Context for European encounters in the Americas, 1491-1607
1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact
1.2.B Native populations and the North American environment before contact
1.3 European Exploration in the Americas
1.3.C Causes of European exploration and conquest
1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
1.4.D Causes and effects of the Columbian Exchange
1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
1.5.E The Spanish Empire and social and economic structures
1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans
1.6.F European and Native American views of each other
1.7 Causation in Period 1
1.7.G Effects of transatlantic voyages, 1491-1607

2 Period 2: 1607–1754

2.1 Contextualizing Period 2
2.1.A Context for colonising North America, 1607-1754
2.2 European Colonization
2.2.B How European colonies developed and expanded, 1607-1754
2.3 The Regions of British Colonies
2.3.C Environmental and other factors shaping British colonies, 1607-1754
2.4 Transatlantic Trade
2.4.D Causes and effects of transatlantic trade
2.5 Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans
2.5.E Changing relations between Europeans and American Indians
2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies
2.6.F Causes and effects of slavery in the British colonies
2.6.G How enslaved people responded to slavery
2.7 Colonial Society and Culture
2.7.H Atlantic movement of people and ideas and American culture
2.7.I Colonists' goals and their relationship with Britain
2.8 Comparison in Period 2
2.8.J Comparing colonial society across North American regions

3 Period 3: 1754–1800

3.1 Contextualizing Period 3
3.1.A Context of independence and national identity
3.2 The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)
3.2.B Causes and effects of the Seven Years' War
3.3 Taxation Without Representation
3.3.C British colonial policy and the road to the Revolutionary War
3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
3.4.D Changing colonial attitudes to government before the Revolution
3.5 The American Revolution
3.5.E Factors in the American victory in the Revolution
3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
3.6.F How the American Revolution affected society
3.6.G Global impact of the American Revolution
3.7 The Articles of Confederation
3.7.H Forms of government after the Revolutionary Period
3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
3.8.I Differing views on the federal government's structure and role
3.9 The Constitution
3.9.J Government continuity and change after ratifying the Constitution
3.10 Shaping a New Republic
3.10.K Competition and conflict among peoples and nations, 1754-1800
3.10.L Political ideas, institutions and parties in the new republic
3.11 Developing an American Identity
3.11.M Continuity and change in American culture, 1754-1800
3.12 Movement in the Early Republic
3.12.N Migration, competition and conflict in North America
3.12.O Regional attitudes to slavery as it expanded, 1754-1800
3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3
3.13.P Effects of the independence movement on society, 1754-1800

4 Period 4: 1800–1848

4.1 Contextualizing Period 4
4.1.A Context of the developing republic, 1800-1848
4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson
4.2.B Causes and effects of policy debates in the early republic
4.3 Politics and Regional Interests
4.3.C Regional interests and the federal government's role
4.4 America on the World Stage
4.4.D Development and expansion of American foreign policy
4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization
4.5.E Innovation in technology, agriculture and commerce
4.6 Market Revolution: Society and Culture
4.6.F How innovation affected different parts of American society
4.7 Expanding Democracy
4.7.G Expansion of participatory democracy, 1800-1848
4.8 Jackson and Federal Power
4.8.H Debates about the federal government's role, 1800-1848
4.9 The Development of an American Culture
4.9.I Development of a national culture, 1800-1848
4.10 The Second Great Awakening
4.10.J Causes of the Second Great Awakening
4.11 An Age of Reform
4.11.K Growth of reform movements, 1800-1848
4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic
4.12.L African American experience, 1800-1848
4.13 The Society of the South in the Early Republic
4.13.M Geography, environment and the development of the South
4.14 Causation in Period 4
4.14.N Politics, economics, foreign policy and American identity, 1800-1848

5 Period 5: 1844–1877

5.1 Contextualizing Period 5
5.1.A Context of sectional conflict, 1844-1877
5.2 Manifest Destiny
5.2.B Causes and effects of westward expansion, 1844-1877
5.3 The Mexican–American War
5.3.C Causes and effects of the Mexican-American War
5.4 The Compromise of 1850
5.4.D Regional attitudes and federal policy after the Mexican-American War
5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences
5.5.E Effects of immigration on American culture, 1844-1877
5.5.F Regional differences over slavery before the Civil War
5.6 Failure of Compromise
5.6.G Political causes of the Civil War
5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession
5.7.H Effects of Lincoln's election
5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War
5.8.I Factors in the Union victory
5.9 Government Policies During the Civil War
5.9.J Lincoln's wartime leadership and American ideals
5.10 Reconstruction
5.10.K Effects of Reconstruction policy on society, 1865-1877
5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
5.11.L Reconstruction and what it meant to be American
5.12 Comparison in Period 5
5.12.M Significance of the Civil War's effects on American values

6 Period 6: 1865–1898

6.1 Contextualizing Period 6
6.1.A Context for the rise of industrial capitalism
6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development
6.2.B Causes and effects of settling the West, 1877-1898
6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development
6.3.B Causes and effects of settling the West, 1877-1898
6.4 The “New South”
6.4.C Continuity and change in the New South, 1877-1898
6.5 Technological Innovation
6.5.D Effects of technological advances on US development
6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
6.6.E Socioeconomic change under industrial capitalism, 1865-1898
6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age
6.7.E Socioeconomic change under industrial capitalism, 1865-1898
6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age
6.8.F Cultural and economic factors in migration patterns
6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
6.9.G Responses to immigration
6.10 Development of the Middle Class
6.10.H Causes and social effects of increased economic opportunity
6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
6.11.I Reform movements responding to Gilded Age capitalism
6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
6.12.J The government's changing role in the economy
6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
6.13.K Political parties in the Gilded Age
6.14 Continuity and Change Period 6
6.14.L How far industrialisation brought change, 1865-1898

7 Period 7: 1890–1945

7.1 Contextualizing Period 7
7.1.A Context of America becoming a world power
7.2 Imperialism: Debates
7.2.B Attitudes about the nation's role in the world
7.3 The Spanish–American War
7.3.C Effects of the Spanish-American War
7.4 The Progressives
7.4.D Goals and effects of the Progressive movement
7.4.E Attitudes to natural resources, 1890-1945
7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy
7.5.F Causes and consequences of US involvement in World War I
7.6 World War I: Home Front
7.6.G Causes and effects of international and internal migration
7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
7.7.H Innovation in communication and technology
7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
7.8.G Causes and effects of international and internal migration
7.8.I Developments in popular culture
7.9 The Great Depression
7.9.J Causes of the Great Depression and its economic effects
7.10 The New Deal
7.10.K Impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal
7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy
7.11.B Attitudes about the nation's role in the world
7.12 World War II: Mobilization
7.12.L How World War II transformed American society
7.13 World War II: Military
7.13.M Causes and effects of the Allied victory over the Axis
7.14 Postwar Diplomacy
7.14.N Consequences of US involvement in World War II
7.15 Comparison in Period 7
7.15.O Early 20th-century events and American identity

8 Period 8: 1945–1980

8.1 Contextualizing Period 8
8.1.A Context for social change, 1945-1980
8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
8.2.B Continuity and change in Cold War policy, 1945-1980
8.3 The Red Scare
8.3.C Causes and effects of the post-war Red Scare
8.4 Economy After 1945
8.4.D Causes of post-war economic growth
8.4.E Causes and effects of migration after 1945
8.5 Culture after 1945
8.5.F How mass culture was maintained or challenged
8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
8.6.G Growth of civil rights movements, 1945-1960
8.7 America as a World Power
8.7.H Military and diplomatic responses to international events
8.8 The Vietnam War
8.8.I Causes and effects of the Vietnam War
8.9 The Great Society
8.9.J Continuing debates about the federal government's role
8.9.K Continuity and change in immigration patterns
8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
8.10.L Responses to calls for expanded civil rights, 1960-1980
8.10.M Federal government responses to calls for civil rights
8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands
8.11.L Responses to calls for expanded civil rights, 1960-1980
8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s
8.12.N Opposition to existing policies and values in the 20th century
8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
8.13.O Development of environmental policy, 1968-1980
8.14 Society in Transition
8.14.J Continuing debates about the federal government's role
8.14.P Effects of the growth of religious movements
8.15 Continuity and Change in Period 8
8.15.Q How 1945-1980 reshaped national identity

9 Period 9: 1980–Present

9.1 Contextualizing Period 9
9.1.A Context of US challenges at home and abroad after 1980
9.2 Reagan and Conservatism
9.2.B Continuing debates about the federal government's role
9.3 The End of the Cold War
9.3.C Causes, effects and legacy of the end of the Cold War
9.4 A Changing Economy
9.4.D Causes and effects of economic and technological change
9.5 Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s
9.5.E Causes and effects of domestic and international migration
9.6 Challenges of the 21st Century
9.6.F US challenges at home and abroad in the 21st century
9.7 Causation in Period 9
9.7.G Change after 1980 and American national identity