AP U.S. History Semester I: Course Outline

  1. Unit 1: Exploration and Colonial America
    1. Chapter 1: Discovery and Settlement of the New World, 1400-1500
      1. Lesson 1: The First Americans
        1. Topic 1: Pre-Columbian Era
        2. Topic 2: Christopher Columbus
        3. Topic 3: Cortés Defeats the Aztecs
      2. Lesson 2: Europe and the Impulse for Exploration
        1. Topic 1: Commerce
        2. Topic 2: Technological Factors
        3. Topic 3: Rise of Nation-States
        4. Topic 4: Exchanges
      3. Lesson 3: Spanish and French Exploration
        1. Topic 1: Spanish Explorers
        2. Topic 2: French Explorers
        3. Topic 3: Mission System
    2. Chapter 2: English Colonies, 1600-1650
      1. Lesson 4: The First English Settlements
        1. Topic 1: The Jamestown Colony
        2. Topic 2: The Plymouth Colony
      2. Lesson 5: The Northern Colonies
        1. Topic 1: Massachusetts Bay Colony
        2. Topic 2: The Puritan Religion
        3. Topic 3: Dissention in the Bay Colony
      3. Lesson 6: The Middle Chesapeake and Southern Colonies
        1. Topic 1: New York and New Jersey
        2. Topic 2: Pennsylvania and Delaware
        3. Topic 3: Maryland, Carolina, and Georgia
    3. Chapter 3: American Society Takes Shape, 1650-1763
      1. Lesson 7: Colonial Life
        1. Topic 1: Origins of Slavery
        2. Topic 2: Diversity
        3. Topic 3: Family and Social Life
      2. Lesson 8: Scientific and Religious Transformations
        1. Topic 1: The Enlightenment
        2. Topic 2: The Great Awakening
      3. Lesson 9: The French and Indian War
        1. Topic 1: North American Alliance
        2. Topic 2: Proclamation of 1763
  2. Unit 2: The New Nation Forms
    1. Chapter 4: Road to Revolution, 1763-1775
      1. Lesson 10: Imperial Reorganization
        1. Topic 1: Stamp Act
        2. Topic 2: The Townshend Duties
        3. Topic 3: Boston Tea Party
      2. Lesson 11: Philosophy of the American Revolution
        1. Topic 1: Political
        2. Topic 2: Social
    2. Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1775-1783
      1. Lesson 12: The Declaration of Independence
        1. Topic 1: The Continental Congress
        2. Topic 2: The Great Declaration
      2. Lesson 13: The Revolutionary War
        1. Topic 1: Major Battles
        2. Topic 2: The War Continues with French Allies
        3. Topic 3: Peace of Paris (1783)
      3. Lesson 14: The Articles of Confederation
        1. Topic 1: Forming a Confederation
        2. Topic 2: Social Revolution
      4. Lesson 15: The Confederation Faces Challenges
        1. Topic 1: International Relations
        2. Topic 2: Land Ordinances in the Old Northwest
        3. Topic 3: Shay's Rebellion
    3. Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic, 1787-1800
      1. Lesson 16: Philadelphia Convention
        1. Topic 1: Orginizing the Convention
        2. Topic 2: State' Plans
        3. Topic 3: Compromise Reigns
      2. Lesson 17: Federalists versus Anti-Federalists
        1. Topic 1: Ratification of the Constitution
        2. Topic 2: Washington is Elected President
        3. Topic 3: Bill of Rights
      3. Lesson 18: Development of the Two-party System
        1. Topic 1: Halmiltonians vs. Jeffersionians
        2. Topic 2: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
        3. Topic 3: Washington's Farewell Address
      4. Lesson 19: John Adams
        1. Topic 1: XYZ Affair
        2. Topic 2: Alien and Sedition Act
        3. Topic 3: Election of 1800
  3. Unit 3: America's Growing Pains
    1. Chapter 7: Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800-1816
      1. Lesson 20: Jefferson as President
        1. Topic 1: The Lousiana Purchase
        2. Topic 2: Lewis and Clark
        3. Topic 3: The Aaron Burr Conspiracy
        4. Topic 4: Marbury v. Madison
      2. Lesson 21: War of 1812
        1. Topic 1: Jefferson's Embargo
        2. Topic 2: Election of Madison
        3. Topic 3: The War
    2. Chapter 8: Nationalism and Economic Expansion, 1816-1826
      1. Lesson 22: James Monroe
        1. Topic 1: The Era of Good Feelings
        2. Topic 2: The Missouri Compromise
        3. Topic 3: John Marshall
        4. Topic 4: The Monroe Doctrine
      2. Lesson 23: A Growing National Economy
        1. Topic 1: The Growth of America
        2. Topic 2: The Growth of Industry
        3. Topic 3: The Effects of Industry
      3. Lesson 24: The Transportation Revolution
        1. Topic 1: Westward Movement
        2. Topic 2: Innovative Transportation
      4. Lesson 25: King Cotton
        1. Topic 1: Cotton is King
        2. Topic 2: Southern Culture
        3. Topic 3: Condition of Slaves
    3. Chapter 9: Age of Jackson, 1828-1848
      1. Lesson 26: Democracy and the 'Common Man'
        1. Topic 1: Election of 1824
        2. Topic 2: Election of 1828
        3. Topic 3: New Political Parties
      2. Lesson 27: Nullification Crisis
        1. Topic 1: Tariff of 1828
        2. Topic 2: South Carolina
        3. Topic 3: Tariff of 1832 and Clay's Compromise
      3. Lesson 28: The Bank of the United States
        1. Topic 1: Nineteenth Century Banking
        2. Topic 2: The Bank
        3. Topic 3: Jackson and the Bank War
      4. Lesson 29: Indian Removal
        1. Topic 1: Native Americans and the New Republic
        2. Topic 2: The Indian Removal Act
        3. Topic 3: Jackson and Van Buren
    4. Chapter 10: American Culture and Reform, 1800-1860
      1. Lesson 30: Transcendentalism, Religion, and Utopian Movements
        1. Topic 1: Transcendentalism
        2. Topic 2: The Second Great Awakening
        3. Topic 3: Utopian Movements
      2. Lesson 31: Reform Crusades
        1. Topic 1: Humanitarian Reforms
        2. Topic 2: Social Reforms
        3. Topic 3: Women's Right
        4. Topic 4: Abolitionism
  4. Unit 4: The Only Recourse: War
    1. Chapter 11: Territorial Expansion and Sectional Issues, 1820-1860
      1. Lesson 32: Manifest Destiny
        1. Topic 1: The Oregon Country
        2. Topic 2: The Annexation of Texas
        3. Topic 3: The Mexican American War
        4. Topic 4: California Gold
      2. Lesson 33: Decade of Crisis
        1. Topic 1: Slave Resistance
        2. Topic 2: The Compromise of 1850
        3. Topic 3: Uncle Tom's cabin
        4. Topic 4: The Ostend Manifesto
      3. Lesson 34: The Approaching War
        1. Topic 1: Kansas-Nebraska Act
        2. Topic 2: Dred Scott Decision
        3. Topic 3: Lincoln-Douglas Debate of 1858
        4. Topic 4: John Brown's Raid
    2. Chapter 12: The Civil War, 1860-1865
      1. Lesson 35: Secession
        1. Topic 1: Election of 1860
        2. Topic 2: Southern Succession
        3. Topic 3: Mobilization
      2. Lesson 36: The Civil War
        1. Topic 1: Military Strategy
        2. Topic 2: The Battles
        3. Topic 3: The Economy during the Civil War
      3. Lesson 37: Abolition of Slavery
        1. Topic 1: Lincoln and Civil Liberties
        2. Topic 2: Emancipation Proclamation
        3. Topic 3: Thirteen Amendment
      4. Lesson 38: Ramifications of the Civil War
        1. Topic 1: Election of 1864
        2. Topic 2: Effects of the War on the South
        3. Topic 3: Reconstruction Begin
  5. Unit 5: Picking up the Pieces
    1. Chapter 13: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
      1. Lesson 39: Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction Plans
        1. Topic 1: Presidential Reconstruction
        2. Topic 2: The Black Codes
        3. Topic 3: Congressional Reconstruction
      2. Lesson 40: The End of Reconstruction
        1. Topic 1: Impeachment of Johnson
        2. Topic 2: The Reconstructed South
        3. Topic 3: Reconstruction Ends