College Board Summary Outline of Time Periods for AP U.S. History (as of SY 2013-14)*
Time Periods
Pre-Columbian-1789
Percentage Goals of Examination Content
Area
20%
1790-1914
1915-present
45%
35%
Within those time periods, the topic breakdown is as follows:
Topics
Policy institutions, behavior, and public policy
Percentage Goals of Examination Content
Area
35%
Social and cultural developments
Diplomacy and international relations
Economic developments
40%
15%
10%
Chronological Summary Outline of Units for AP U.S. History
* Subject to change (College Board is altering A.P. U.S. History to A.P. American History in Summer 2014)
**Units are predicted to be altered due to these changes
I.
II.
Pre-Columbian Societies**
Columbus and Explorers of the Americas**
III.
Colonial America**
IV.
Road to Revolution
V.
Revolutionary War
VI.
Creation of American Democracy a.
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
VII.
Jeffersonian Era
VIII.
War of 1812 a.
Era of Good Feelings
IX.
Jacksonian Era
X.
Ante Bellum Period a.
Social/Religious Movements/Immigration/Westward Expansion/Mexican-American War/Institution of
Slavery/Abolition Movement/Transcendentalism/Political Compromises
XI.
Civil War
XII.
Reconstruction Era
XIII.
Turn-of-the-Century (1900) a.
End of the Wild West/Immigration/Industrial Revolution/Segregation/Gilded Age/Progressive
Era/Women’s Rights/Imperialism
XIV.
World War I a.
Prohibition/Roaring 20’s
XV.
Great Depression & New Deal
XVI.
World War II
XVII.
Cold War
XVIII.
Civil Rights Movement
XIX.
Vietnam War
XX.
Modern Era a.
70’s, 80’s, & 90’s Domestic Policy & Events until 2001 (September 11 th )