AP U.S. History Course Outline
Aug 17th – Sept 18th
(5 weeks)
Unit 1: Founding the New Nation
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 1 to 8
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European Colonization (1492-1700)
Causes of the American Revolution (1650-1774)
The American Revolution (1774-1783)
Sept 21st – Oct 16th
(4 weeks)
Unit 2: Building the New Nation
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 9 - 15
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Creation of the U.S. Constitution (1781-1791)
The New Nation (1789-1800)
U.S. Foreign Affairs from 1812 to the 1850s
Jacksonian Democracy and the Age of Reforms (1820s-1850s)
Oct 19th – Nov 20th
(5 weeks)
Unit 3: Testing the New Nation
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 16 – 22
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Manifest Destiny ((1841-1848)
The American Civil War (1860-1865)
Reconstruction (1863-1877)
Nov 30th – Jan 22nd
(6 weeks)
Unit 4: Forging an Industrial Society
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 23 – 28
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The Industrial Era (1876-1900)
Postwar Politics and the Populists (1870s-1896)
Imperialist Expansion (1890-1909)
The Progressive Era (1900-1920)
End of 1st Semester
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U.S. Presidents Test
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Final Exam Day
* Purchase A.P. Review book *
Unit 5: Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad
Jan 2016
Jan 25th – Mar 11th
(7 Weeks)
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 29 – 35
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U.S. Foreign Affairs from 1912 to 1945
World War I (1914-1918)
Conservatism and Cultural Diversity in the 1920s
The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1941)
World War II (1939-1945)
Unit 6: Making Modern America
Mar 14th – Apr 22nd
(5 weeks)
Reading: Bailey, Cohen, & Kennedy, Chapters 36 to 42
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U.S. Domestic Affairs from 1945 to the 1980s
U.S. Foreign Affairs from 1945 to the 1980s
The Post-Cold War Era (1980-2011)
Diagnostic “Final” Exam
April 26th
Review for AP U.S. History Exam
Apr 27th – May 5th
U. S. History AP Exam (APUSH)
May 6, 2016
End of the year projects
May 9th – June 2nd