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AP®︎/College US History

Meet one of our AP®︎ US History content creators

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Meet Kim, one of the creators of Khan Academy's AP®︎ US History lessons. Kim earned her PhD in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and taught US history at the college level for eight years. She has graded the AP US History exam in the past and is currently hard at work creating videos and exercises to help students master US history!
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Meet one of our AP®︎ US History content creators

Meet Kim, one of the creators of Khan Academy's AP®︎ US History lessons. Kim earned her PhD in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and taught US history at the college level for eight years. She has graded the AP US History exam in the past and is currently hard at work creating videos and exercises to help students master US history!
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Period 1: 1491-1607

Thinking like a historian: Period 1: 1491-1607Native American societies before contact: Period 1: 1491-1607European exploration in the Americas: Period 1: 1491-1607
Columbian Exchange, Spanish exploration, and conquest: Period 1: 1491-1607Labor, slavery, and caste in the Spanish colonial system : Period 1: 1491-1607Cultural interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans: Period 1: 1491-1607Causation in Period 1: Period 1: 1491-1607

Period 2: 1607-1754

European colonization: Period 2: 1607-1754Regions of British colonies: Period 2: 1607-1754Transatlantic trade: Period 2: 1607-1754
Interactions between American Indians and Europeans: Period 2: 1607-1754Slavery in the British colonies: Period 2: 1607-1754Colonial society and culture: Period 2: 1607-1754Comparison in Period 2: Period 2: 1607-1754

Period 3: 1754-1800

The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War): Period 3: 1754-1800Taxation without representation: Period 3: 1754-1800Philosophical foundations of the American Revolution: Period 3: 1754-1800The American Revolution: Period 3: 1754-1800The influence of revolutionary ideals: Period 3: 1754-1800The Articles of Confederation: Period 3: 1754-1800
The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratification: Period 3: 1754-1800The Constitution: Period 3: 1754-1800Shaping a new republic: Period 3: 1754-1800Developing an American identity: Period 3: 1754-1800Movement in the early republic: Period 3: 1754-1800Continuity and change in Period 3: Period 3: 1754-1800

Period 4: 1800-1848

The rise of political parties and the era of Jefferson: Period 4: 1800-1848Politics and regional interests: Period 4: 1800-1848America on the world stage: Period 4: 1800-1848Market Revolution: industrialization: Period 4: 1800-1848Market Revolution: society and culture: Period 4: 1800-1848Expanding democracy: Period 4: 1800-1848
Jackson and federal power: Period 4: 1800-1848The development of an American culture: Period 4: 1800-1848The Second Great Awakening: Period 4: 1800-1848An age of reform: Period 4: 1800-1848African Americans in the early republic: Period 4: 1800-1848The society of the South in the early republic: Period 4: 1800-1848Causation in Period 4: Period 4: 1800-1848

Period 5: 1844-1877

Manifest Destiny: Period 5: 1844-1877The Mexican-American War: Period 5: 1844-1877The Compromise of 1850: Period 5: 1844-1877Sectional conflict: regional differences: Period 5: 1844-1877Failure of compromise: Period 5: 1844-1877
Election of 1860 and secession: Period 5: 1844-1877Military conflict in the Civil War: Period 5: 1844-1877Government policies during the Civil War: Period 5: 1844-1877Reconstruction: Period 5: 1844-1877Failure of Reconstruction: Period 5: 1844-1877Comparison in Period 5: Period 5: 1844-1877

Period 6: 1865-1898

Contextualizing Period 6: Period 6: 1865-1898Westward expansion: economic development: Period 6: 1865-1898Westward expansion: social and cultural development: Period 6: 1865-1898The "New South": Period 6: 1865-1898Technological innovation: Period 6: 1865-1898The rise of industrial capitalism: Period 6: 1865-1898Labor in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898
Immigration and migration in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898Responses to immigration in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898Development of the middle class: Period 6: 1865-1898Reform in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898Controversies over the role of government in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898Politics in the Gilded Age: Period 6: 1865-1898Continuity and change in Period 6: Period 6: 1865-1898

Period 7: 1890-1945

Contextualizing Period 7: Period 7: 1890-1945Imperialism: debates: Period 7: 1890-1945The Spanish-American War: Period 7: 1890-1945The Progressives: Period 7: 1890-1945World War I: military and diplomacy: Period 7: 1890-1945World War I: home front: Period 7: 1890-19451920s: innovations in communication and technology: Period 7: 1890-1945
1920s: cultural and political controversies: Period 7: 1890-1945The Great Depression: Period 7: 1890-1945The New Deal: Period 7: 1890-1945Interwar foreign policy: Period 7: 1890-1945World War II: mobilization: Period 7: 1890-1945World War II: military: Period 7: 1890-1945Postwar diplomacy: Period 7: 1890-1945Comparison in Period 7: Period 7: 1890-1945

Period 8: 1945-1980

The Cold War from 1945 to 1980: Period 8: 1945-1980The Red Scare: Period 8: 1945-1980Economy after 1945: Period 8: 1945-1980Culture after 1945: Period 8: 1945-1980Early steps in the civil rights movement, 1940s and 1950s: Period 8: 1945-1980America as a world power: Period 8: 1945-1980The Vietnam War : Period 8: 1945-1980
The Great Society: Period 8: 1945-1980The African American Civil Rights Movement, 1960s: Period 8: 1945-1980The Civil Rights Movement expands: Period 8: 1945-1980Youth culture of the 1960s: Period 8: 1945-1980The environment and natural resources from 1968 to 1980: Period 8: 1945-1980Society in transition: Period 8: 1945-1980Continuity and change in Period 8: Period 8: 1945-1980

Period 9: 1980-present

Reagan and conservatism: Period 9: 1980-presentThe end of the Cold War: Period 9: 1980-presentA changing economy: Period 9: 1980-present
Migration and immigration in the 1990s and 2000s: Period 9: 1980-presentChallenges of the 21st century: Period 9: 1980-presentCausation in Period 9: Period 9: 1980-present

AP®︎ US History exam skills and strategies

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