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AP United States History (Period 5)

Course Description

A year long course of in-depth study into economic, cultural, political a social influences which have shaped the United States. The course is designed to provide students with the appropriate interest and ability, the opportunity to undertake an intense and critical investigation of American institutions from the Colonial Era to the present.

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Unit 5 Exam Topics/Study Guide

  • Multiple-Choice: Review lecture notes and textbook reading (Chapters 14-16)
  • Free-Response: Review the political and social events/phenomena that occurred during the 1850s and how these events contributed to the secession of southern states in 1860/61.  (Of particular use is Chapter 16 in your textbook and the class lecture entitled "The Road to Secession.")

Unit 4 Exam - Study Guide Topics

  • Jacksonian America, Jackson Administration, National Bank Controversy
  • Antebellum Reform Movements, Education Reform
  • Era of Good Feelings, Monroe Administration, Monroe Doctrine

 

Antebellum America Presentations:

 

  • 3 Slides Max (excluding title slide)

  • Who, What, Where, When, Why is this historically significant?

  • At Least 3 documents/images (with caption identification)

  1. Immigration & Nativism

  2. The Rise of the Professions

  3. Second Great Awakening

  4. Education Reform

  5. Prison & Asylum Reform

  6. Utopian Communities

  7. Industrial Revolution

  8. Transportation, Communication, and the Market Revolution

  9. Transcendentalism and American Literature

  10. Temperance Movement

The Early Republic: Review Questions

Classwork: September 30, 2013

  • Describe the outcome of the 1788 federal election.
  • What were the most significant aspects of Hamilton's domestic policies?
  • How did Hamilton's policies lead to the polarization of America, both among political elites and common Americans?

Unit 2 - Free Response Topics

  • Strengths/Successes and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

  • Differences between the US Constitution and the Articles of Confederation

  • Extent to which the US Constitution favored the interests of an American “political elite”

  • Anti-Federalist opposition to the US Constitution