AP United States History

EXAM REVIEW MATERIALS
[gathered from hither and yon]

The collection of review materials below is designed to help you hit the highlights of the various periods of study -- the key word is "help". The purpose is not to re-teach the year in frenetic cram sessions nor to overwhelm you with more and more "stuff".

BE SELECTIVE - USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU!
MAKE A COMMITMENT TO YOUR BEST, HONEST EFFORT TO PREPARE!


STRATEGIES: What to expect & how to prepare for the exam.

About the Exam
Formula for Review
Frequently Asked Multiple Choice Questions
AP Free-Response Questions, 1980-2009
What Makes a Good Historical Essay?


HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR SCORE ON THE AP EXAM

SUMMARIES: Focus on a range of topics.

SparkNotes?!? - EXCELLENT Study Questions (with answers) + GOOD Quizzes:

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/


Comprehensive Review Packet
Presidential Review
Important Presidential Elections
Development of Political Parties
Important Legislation and Supreme Court Decisions
The Arts in American History



NARRATED POWERPOINTS:
(A series of 36 “interactive lectures” by a college professor that cover ALL the major themes and topics of the course)

http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/index.html



TOPICAL UNIT REVIEWS - pdfs-ppts
(concise, informative + pictures!)

Colonial Era
Revolution - 1800
Jefferson to Monroe
Age of Jackson
Civil War - Reconstruction
Industrialization - Progressive Era
World War I - The Roaring '20s
The Great Depression - The '50s
The '60s -The 21st Century




ONE PAGE OUTLINES of key topics

 1. Exploration
 2. Colonization
 3. Life in the Colonies
 4. Causes of the Revolution
 5. Critical Period
 6. Making A Nation
 7. War of 1812
 8. Jacksonian Democracy
 9. Creating an American Culture
10. Native American Treatment
11. Sectional Differences
12. Westward Expansion
13. Causes of the Civil War
14. The Civil War
15. Reconstruction
16. Industrialization and Corporate Consolidation
17. Gilded Age: Politics and Urbanization
18. Foreign Policy: 1865-1914
19. Progressive Era
20. World War I
21. The 1920s
22. The Great Depression
23. Foreign Policy in the 1930s
24. World War II
25. Truman and the Cold War
26. Eisenhower and Modern Republicanism
27. Kennedy's New Frontier / Johnson's Great Society
28. Nixon
29. The United States Since 1974
30. Civil Rights Movement
31. Women's Equality

TIME LINES

Comprehensive United States History Time Line
U.S. Foreign Policy Time Line



PODCASTS: Listen to these if you are an audio learner

 1. The Path to Revolution     (7:39)

 2. Declaration of Independence     (2:39)

 3. Revolutionary War     (2:25)                                    

 4. Articles of Confederation     (9:35)

 5. Legacies of the Revolution     (3:58)

 6. Provisions of the Constitution     (2:29)

 7. Development of Political Parties     (4:33)

 8. Hamilton vs. Jefferson     (4:13)

 9. Growth of Regionalism     (3:30)

10. The Elections of 1824 and 1828     (3:08)

11. Jacksonian Era     (7:46)

12. Westward Expansion     (8:27)

13. Antebellum Reform Movements     (10:02)

14. The Compromise of 1877     (2:13)

15. Southern Economy after Reconstruction     (2:33)

16. The Western Frontier     (12:48)

17. The Gilded Age     (5:18)

18. Farmers in the late 19th Century     (3:34)

19. The Populist Movement     (8:32)

20. Progressivism     (7:06)

21. The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations     (4:03)

22. The Red Scare     (3:25)

23. The United States in the Early 20th Century     (8:36)

24. Origins of the Cold War     (10:16)

25. Eisenhower and the Cold War     (15:05)

26. Modern Civil Rights Movement     (16:33)