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Modules and Themes

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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