US History study guides

A complete unit guide to AP US History Period 6 (1865 to 1898), the Gilded Age. Maps the College Board Key Concepts 6.1 to 6.3, walks through industrial capitalism, the settlement of the West, immigration and the cities, labor, and Populism, and links to the dot points and the paired quiz.

A complete unit guide to AP US History Period 7 (1890 to 1945), the emergence of modern America. Maps the College Board Key Concepts 7.1 to 7.3, walks through Progressivism, imperialism, the world wars, the 1920s, and the Great Depression and New Deal, and links to the dot points and the paired quiz.

A complete unit guide to AP US History Period 8 (1945 to 1980), the era of the Cold War and civil rights. Maps the College Board Key Concepts 8.1 to 8.3, walks through containment, the Red Scare, civil rights, the Great Society, Vietnam, and the social movements, and links to the dot points and the paired quiz.

A complete unit guide to AP US History Period 9 (1980 to the present), entering a new era. Maps the College Board Key Concepts 9.1 to 9.3, walks through the conservative resurgence, the end of the Cold War, globalization, and the challenges of the new century, and links to the dot points and the paired quiz.

A complete guide to the AP US History free-response essays. Breaks down the DBQ 7-point rubric and the LEQ 6-point rubric point by point (thesis, contextualization, evidence, document analysis, and complexity), explains the SAQ, and gives timing and a worked plan for writing a top-band answer.