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AP U.S. History Topic Outlines

Students who are taking the AP U.S. History Exam should familiarize themselves with the following topic outlines.

These important U.S. history concepts are essential to your success on the AP US History (APUSH) exam. Licensed from the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (under Creative Commons).
1 Discovery and Settlement of the New World
2 Europe and the Impulse for Exploration
3 Spanish and French Exploration
4 The First English Settlements
5 The New England Colonies
6 The Middle, Chesapeake, and Southern Colonies
7 Colonial Life
8 Scientific and Religious Transformation
9 French and Indian War
10 Imperial Reorganization
11 Philosophy of American Revolution
12 Declaration of Independence
13 The Revolutionary War
14 Articles of Confederation
15 The Confederation Faces Challenges
16 Philadelphia Convention
17 Federalists versus Antifederalists
18 Development of the Two-party System
19 John Adams
20 Jefferson as President
21 War of 1812
22 James Monroe
23 A Growing National Economy
24 The Transportation Revolution
25 King Cotton
26 Democracy and the “Common Man”
27 Nullification Crisis
28 The Bank of the United States
29 Indian Removal
30 Transcendentalism, Religion, and Utopian Movements
31 Reform Crusades
32 Manifest Destiny
33 Decade of Crisis
34 The Approaching War
35 The Civil War
36 Abolition of Slavery
37 Ramifications of the Civil War
38 Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction Plans
39 The End of Reconstruction
40 The New South
41 Focus on the West
42 Confrontations with Native Americans
43 Cattle, Frontiers, and Farming
44 End of the Frontier
45 Gilded Age Scandal and Corruption
46 Consumer Culture
47 Rise of Unions
48 Growth of Cities
49 Life in the City
50 Agrarian Revolt
51 The Progressive Impulse
52 The Progressive Presidents
53 McKinley and Roosevelt
54 Taft and Wilson
55 U.S. Entry into WWI
56 Peace Conferences
57 Social Tensions
58 Causes and Consequences
59 The New Deal
60 The Failures of Diplomacy
61 The Second World War
62 The Home Front
63 Wartime Diplomacy
64 End of War
65 Containment
66 Conflict in Asia
67 Red Scare -- Again
68 Internal Improvements
69 Foreign Policy
70 Challenging Jim Crow
71 Consequences of the Civil Rights Movement
72 Baby Boom
73 Material Culture
74 JFK - John F. Kennedy
75 LBJ - Lyndon Baines Johnson
76 Nixon and Foreign Policy
77 Nixon and Domestic Issues
78 Ford, Carter, and Reagan
79 Moving into a New Millennium

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