Mrs. Sandra Eakin - Review for APUSH Exam

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Material to review for the APUSH Exam

Exam date and time: Not Sure at this time, check back for updates

Periods and approximate Percentage of the AP Exam: These are now off, the exam will only cover periods 1 thru 7

  • Period 1 - 1491-1607 - 5%
  • Period 2 - 1607-1754
  • Period 3 - 1754-1800 - periods 2, 3, 4, & 5 : 45%
  • Period 4 - 1800-1848
  • Period 5 - 1844-1877
  • Period 6 - 1865-1898
  • Period 7 - 1890-1945 - periods 6, 7, & 8: 45%
  • Period 8 - 1945-1980
  • Period 9 - 1980 - Present - 5

Some websites of the APUSH gurus:

Period 1 1491-1607

Period 2 1607-1754

2.1 - The Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire (Chapter 2 in AMSCO)

2.2 - Colonial Society in the 18th Century (Chapter 3 in AMSCO)

Period 3 1754-1800

3.1 - Imperial Wars and Colonial Protest, 1754-1774

3.2 - The American Revolution and Confederation, 1774-1787

3.3 - The Constitution and the New Republic, 1787-1800

Period 4 1800-1848

4.1 - The Jeffersonian Era

4.2 - Nationalism and Economic Development

4.3 - Sectionalism

4.4 - Jacksonian Era

4.5 - Reforms

 

Period 5 1848-1877

  • Chapters 12, 13, 14, & 15 in AMSCO

5.1 - Expanison

5.2 - 1850s

5.3 - Civil War

5.4 - Reconstruction

Key Concept Reviews and all of Period 5

Don't forget to check out Hip Hughes, he has a ton of topics convered in short videos. Just scroll down the list!

Period 6

6.1 - The Rise of Big Business (Chapter 16 in AMSCO)

6.2 - The Last West and New South (Chapter 17 in AMSCO)

6.3 - The Growth of Cities and American Culture (Chapter 18 in AMSCO)

6.4 - The Politics of the Guilded Age (Chapter 19 in AMSCO)

Adam Norris' web page apushreview.com for period 6 has excellent resourses, videos and guides to them. Check this page out!

Period 7

7.1 - Imperialism (Ch 20)

7.2 - Progressive Era (Ch21)

7.3 - WWI (CH 22)

7.4 - the 1920s (Ch 23)

7.5 - the 1930s, The Great Depression and the New Deal (Ch 24)

7.6 - WWII (Ch 25)

 

Period 8

8.1 - Truman and the Cold War (ch 26)

8.2 - The Eisenhower Years (ch 27)

8.3 - Promise and Turmoil, the 1960s (ch 28)

8.4 - Limits of a Superpower (ch 29)

Overview: Period 8 Foreign Affairs, Period 8 Domestic Affairs

 

Period 9

 

Conservative Resurgence, 1980-2000 (ch 30) & Callenges of the 21st Century (ch 31)

 

General Papers to Assist