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TIME PERIOD #1 (1491–1607)
On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.
TIME PERIOD #2 (1607–1754)
Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged.
TIME PERIOD #3 (1754–1800)
British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.
TIME PERIOD #4 (1800–1848)
The new republic struggled to define and extend democratic ideals in the face of rapid economic, territorial, and demographic changes.
TIME PERIOD #5: (1844–1877)
As the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war — the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.
TIME PERIOD #6 (1865–1898)
The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.
TIME PERIOD #7 (1890–1945)
An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role.
TIME PERIOD #8 (1945–1980)
After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities while struggling to live up to its ideals.
TIME PERIOD #9 (1980 to Present)
As the United States transitioned to a new century filled with challenges and possibilities, it experienced renewed ideological and cultural debates, sought to redefine its foreign policy, and adapted to economic globalization and revolutionary changes in science and technology.
Belief Systems: Ideas/ideologies, beliefs, and culture.
Ideologies
Religion
Art/Literature, Artistic expression
Cultural Values
Science/Philosophy
Ideals
Morality, moral values
Popular culture
America in the World: Global Context
Competition for resources, dominance
Foreign Policy/Diplomacy
Expansionism/Imperialism
Increasing global connections/global trade/communications
Global conflicts: World Wars
Motivations as world actors
Military and Economic involvement in the developing world
Geography & Environment—physical and human
Climate
Geography
Environment, natural and man-made
Interaction with the environment: how man shapes and is shaped by his environment
Natural resources
Exchanges: plants, disease, animals, technologies
Peopling: Movement/Migrations
Movement to, from and within the US
Nativism
Immigrant groups’ impact on US Society
Demography
Impact of European exploration on Indigenous populations
Debates over immigration
Identity: Gender, class, racial, ethnic identities.
Gender, gender roles
Class
Racial/Ethnic identities
National Identity
Regional identity
Nationalism/Patriotism
Group Identities
Assimilation
Politics and Power
Constitution/interpretation
Role of the state in society
Political process
Role of the political party systems
Government
Struggles over Federalism
Federal, state, and local government interaction
Liberty
Rights
Democracy
Citizenship
Authority/power
Economy: Work, exchange/trade, and technology
Agriculture
Commerce/Trade
Manufacturing
Labor systems
Jobs/ways of working
Labor & social class
Economic developments
Land distribution
Trade patterns/exchange
Innovation
Transportation
Technology
Globalization of economic systems
Economic ideologies: Capitalism, free markets, communism, socialism
Industrialization
THE EXAM: The Advanced Placement United States History course requires students to apply historical thinking skills and knowledge of content as they respond, in writing, to new short-answer, document-based, and essay questions. Newly designed multiple-choice questions ask students to use their knowledge of content to analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources. The exam consists of the following sections
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