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Unit 1 - Period 1: 1491-16077 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 1.1 Contextualizing Period 1Materials
- Topic 1.2 Native American Societies Before European ContactMaterials
- Topic 1.3 European Exploration in the AmericasMaterials
- Topic 1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and ConquestMaterials
- Topic 1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial SystemMaterials
- Topic 1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and AfricansMaterials
- Topic 1.7 Causation in Period 1Materials
Unit 2 - Period 2: 1607-17548 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 2.1 Contextualizing Period 2Materials
- Topic 2.2 European ColonizationMaterials
- Topic 2.3 The Regions of British ColoniesMaterials
- Topic 2.4 Transatlantic TradeMaterials
- Topic 2.5 Interactions Between American Indians and EuropeansMaterials
- Topic 2.6 Slavery in the British ColoniesMaterials
- Topic 2.7 Colonial Society and CultureMaterials
- Topic 2.8 Comparison in Period 2Materials
Unit 3 - Period 3: 1754-180013 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 3.1 Contextualizing Period 3Materials
- Topic 3.2 The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War)Materials
- Topic 3.3 Taxation Without RepresentationMaterials
- Topic 3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 3.5 The American RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary IdealsMaterials
- Topic 3.7 The Articles of ConfederationMaterials
- Topic 3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over RatificationMaterials
- Topic 3.9 The ConstitutionMaterials
- Topic 3.10 Shaping a New RepublicMaterials
- Topic 3.11 Developing an American IdentityMaterials
- Topic 3.12 Movement in the Early RepublicMaterials
- Topic 3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3Materials
Unit 4 - Period 4: 1800-184814 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 4.1 Contextualizing Period 4Materials
- Topic 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of JeffersonMaterials
- Topic 4.3 Politics and Regional InterestsMaterials
- Topic 4.4 America on the World StageMaterials
- Topic 4.5 Market Revolution: IndustrializationMaterials
- Topic 4.6 Market Revolution: Society and CultureMaterials
- Topic 4.7 Expanding DemocracyMaterials
- Topic 4.8 Jackson and Federal PowerMaterials
- Topic 4.9 The Development of an American CultureMaterials
- Topic 4.10 The Second Great AwakeningMaterials
- Topic 4.11 An Age of ReformMaterials
- Topic 4.12 African Americans in the Early RepublicMaterials
- Topic 4.13 The Society of the South in the Early RepublicMaterials
- Topic 4.14 Causation in Period 4Materials
Unit 5 - Period 5: 1844-187712 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 5.1 Contextualizing Period 5Materials
- Topic 5.2 Manifest DestinyMaterials
- Topic 5.3 The Mexican-American WarMaterials
- Topic 5.4 The Compromise of 1850Materials
- Topic 5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional DifferencesMaterials
- Topic 5.6 Failure of CompromiseMaterials
- Topic 5.7 Election of 1860 and SecessionMaterials
- Topic 5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil WarMaterials
- Topic 5.9 Government Policies During the Civil WarMaterials
- Topic 5.10 ReconstructionMaterials
- Topic 5.11 Failure of ReconstructionMaterials
- Topic 5.12 Comparison in Period 5Materials
Unit 6 - Period 6: 1865-189814 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 6.1 Contextualizing Period 6Materials
- Topic 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic DevelopmentMaterials
- Topic 6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural DevelopmentMaterials
- Topic 6.4 The New SouthMaterials
- Topic 6.5 Technological InnovationMaterials
- Topic 6.6 The Rise of Industrial CapitalismMaterials
- Topic 6.7 Labor in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.10 Development of the Middle ClassMaterials
- Topic 6.11 Reform in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.13 Politics in the Gilded AgeMaterials
- Topic 6.14 Continuity and Change in Period 6Materials
Unit 7 - Period 7: 1890-194515 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 7.1 Contextualizing Period 7Materials
- Topic 7.2 Imperialism: DebatesMaterials
- Topic 7.3 The Spanish-American WarMaterials
- Topic 7.4 The ProgressivesMaterials
- Topic 7.5 World War I: Military and DiplomacyMaterials
- Topic 7.6 World War I: Home FrontMaterials
- Topic 7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and TechnologyMaterials
- Topic 7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political ControversiesMaterials
- Topic 7.9 The Great DepressionMaterials
- Topic 7.10 The New DealMaterials
- Topic 7.11 Interwar Foreign PolicyMaterials
- Topic 7.12 World War II: MobilizationMaterials
- Topic 7.13 World War II: MilitaryMaterials
- Topic 7.14 Postwar DiplomacyMaterials
- Topic 7.15 Comparison in Period 7Materials
Unit 8 - Period 8: 1945-198015 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 8.1 Contextualizing Period 8Materials
- Topic 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980Materials
- Topic 8.3 The Red ScareMaterials
- Topic 8.4 Economy after 1945Materials
- Topic 8.5 Culture after 1945Materials
- Topic 8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)Materials
- Topic 8.7 America as a World PowerMaterials
- Topic 8.8 The Vietnam WarMaterials
- Topic 8.9 The Great SocietyMaterials
- Topic 8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)Materials
- Topic 8.11 The Civil Rights Movement ExpandsMaterials
- Topic 8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960sMaterials
- Topic 8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980Materials
- Topic 8.14 Society in TransitionMaterials
- Topic 8.15 Continuity and Change in Period 8Materials
Unit 9 - Period 9: 1980-Present7 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 9.1 Contextualizing Period 9Materials
- Topic 9.2 Reagan and ConservatismMaterials
- Topic 9.3 The End of the Cold WarMaterials
- Topic 9.4 A Changing EconomyMaterials
- Topic 9.5 Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000sMaterials
- Topic 9.6 Challenges of the 21st CenturyMaterials
- Topic 9.7 Causation in Period 9Materials
Past papers and exam practice
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- 2019 · Annual paper · MCQ + written questions + answers · Download paper and answersPDF
- 2018 · Annual paper · MCQ + written questions + answers · Download paper and answersPDF
- 2016 · Annual paper · MCQ + written questions + answers · Download paper and answersPDF
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