AP US HISTORY
CLASS SYLLABUS

CLOSE-UP INFORMATION

 

 

 
Why study history? History is to a nation what memory is to an individual. A person without memory is sad and tragic. A society that ignores its past and lives only in the present loses a vital element of what we call civilization. History can tell us how far we have come as a nation - and how far we have yet to go. Through history we can see the achievements, as well as the failures, of those who have gone before.
UNIT INFORMATION

Unit 1: The Creation of American Society, 1450-1775

BIG QUESTIONS: 2, 3, 4, 5

Unit 2: The New Republic 1775-1820

BIG QUESTIONS: 6, 7, 8, 9

Unit 3: Economic Revolution and Sectional Srife, 1820-1877

BIG QUESTIONS: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Unit 4: A maturing Industrial Society, 1877-1914

BIG QUESTIONS: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Unit 5: The Modern State and Society, 1914-1945

BIG QUESTIONS: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

Unit 6: America and the World, 1945-Pres

BIG QUESTIONS: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31