AP U.S. History Semester II: Course Outline

  1. Unit 6: New Frontiers
    1. Chapter 14: Changing Landscape
      1. Lesson 41: The New South
        1. Topic 1: Economic Diversification
        2. Topic 2: Political Changes
        3. Topic 3: Race Relations in the New South
      2. Lesson 42: Focus on the West
        1. Topic 1: Migration Westward
        2. Topic 2: Mining
        3. Topic 3: Building and Influence of the Railroads
      3. Lesson 43: Confrontations with Native Americans
        1. Topic 1: Native Americans
        2. Topic 2: Indian Resistance
        3. Topic 3: Effects of the Indian Wars
      4. Lesson 44: Cattle, Frontiers, and Farming
        1. Topic 1: Cattle, Cowboys, and Beef Barons
        2. Topic 2: Farming on the Plains
        3. Topic 3: The Far West
      5. Lesson 45: End of the Frontier
        1. Topic 1: Growth of the West
        2. Topic 2: The Frontier Passes into History
        3. Topic 3: Farming Becomes a Business
    2. Chapter 15: Gilded Age
      1. Lesson 46: Gilded Age Scandal and Corruption
        1. Topic 1: The Tweed Ring and Machine Politics
        2. Topic 2: Corruption in Business and Government
      2. Lesson 47: Consumer Culture
        1. Topic 1: Postwar Industrial Expansion
        2. Topic 2: Entrepreneurs
        3. Topic 3: The Government Steps In
      3. Lesson 48: Rise of Unions
        1. Topic 1: Workers in America
        2. Topic 2: Union Organizations
        3. Topic 3: Major Strikes
    3. Chapter 16: Urban Nation
      1. Lesson 49: Growth of Cities
        1. Topic 1: Chinese Immigrants
        2. Topic 2: New Immigration
        3. Topic 3: Reaction to New Immigration
      2. Lesson 50: Life in the City
        1. Topic 1: Appeal of the City
        2. Topic 2: Squalid Side of the City
        3. Topic 3: Social Development
  2. Unit 7: Isolationist to World Power
    1. Chapter 17: Reform
      1. Lesson 51: Agrarian Revolt
        1. Topic 1: The People's Party
        2. Topic 2: The Election of 1892
        3. Topic 3: The Election of 1896
      2. Lesson 52: The Progressive Impulse
        1. Topic 1: Origins of Progressivism
        2. Topic 2: Municipal,State, and National Reforms
        3. Topic 3: Social Alternatives
        4. Topic 4: Women and Blacks in America
      3. Lesson 53: The Progressive Presidents
        1. Topic 1: Roosevelt's Square Deal
        2. Topic 2: Taft Administration
        3. Topic 3: Wilson's New Freedom
    2. Chapter 18: Imperialism
      1. Lesson 54: McKinley and Roosevelt
        1. Topic 1: China
        2. Topic 2: Spanish-American War
        3. Topic 3: Panama Canal
        4. Topic 4: Roosevelt Corollary
      2. Lesson 55: Taft and Wilson
        1. Topic 1: Dollar Diplomacy
        2. Topic 2: Central America and the Carribean
        3. Topic 3: The Mexican Revolution
  3. Unit 8: The U.S. at War
    1. Chapter 19: World War I and the Roaring 20s
      1. Lesson 56: US Entry into WWI
        1. Topic 1: US Neutrality
        2. Topic 2: Subs
        3. Topic 3: Mobilizing the Nation for War
      2. Lesson 57: Peace Conferences
        1. Topic 1: Wilson's Fourteen Point
        2. Topic 2: Treaty of Versailles
        3. Topic 3: Defeat of Treaty in US
      3. Lesson 58: Social Tensions
        1. Topic 1: Red Scare
        2. Topic 2: Nativism and Racism
        3. Topic 3: Religion
        4. Topic 4: Prohibition
        5. Topic 5: New Culture
    2. Chapter 20: Great Depression
      1. Lesson 59: Causes and Consequences
        1. Topic 1: America's Economy Roar
        2. Topic 2: Harding
        3. Topic 3: Coolidge
        4. Topic 4: Hoover
        5. Topic 5: The Depression
      2. Lesson 60: The New Deal
        1. Topic 1: Roosevelt Election
        2. Topic 2: New Deal Programs
        3. Topic 3: Critics and Challenges
    3. Chapter 21: World War II
      1. Lesson 61: The Failures of Diplomacy
        1. Topic 1: Attempts at Collective Security
        2. Topic 2: Diplomacy of 1930
        3. Topic 3: The Rise of Fascism and Militarism
        4. Topic 4: American Isolationism
      2. Lesson 62: The Second World War
        1. Topic 1: The Military Harbingers
        2. Topic 2: The Diplomatic Response
        3. Topic 3: Outbreak of WW II
        4. Topic 4: The United States Enters the War
      3. Lesson 63: The Home Front
        1. Topic 1: Military and Economic Mobilization
        2. Topic 2: Women and Minorities
        3. Topic 3: Wartime Propaganda
        4. Topic 4: Japanese Internment
      4. Lesson 64: Wartime Diplomacy
        1. Topic 1: The Grand Alliance
        2. Topic 2: The Yalta Conference
        3. Topic 3: The Allied Victory
        4. Topic 4: The Aftermath of World War II
  4. Unit 9: The Cold War
    1. Chapter 22: HST and IKE
      1. Lesson 65: End of War
        1. Topic 1: Potsdam Conference
        2. Topic 2: Truman's Domestic Policy
        3. Topic 3: Election of 1948
      2. Lesson 66: Containment
        1. Topic 1: U.S.-Soviet Relations
        2. Topic 2: Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
        3. Topic 3: Berlin Airlift
        4. Topic 4: NATO
      3. Lesson 67: Conflict in Asia
        1. Topic 1: Revolution in China
        2. Topic 2: Korean War Buildup
        3. Topic 3: Korean War
        4. Topic 4: Korean War Aftermath
      4. Lesson 68: Red Scare-Again
        1. Topic 1: 'Un-American' Activities
        2. Topic 2: The Hunt for Subversives
        3. Topic 3: McCarthyism
    2. Chapter 23: Eisenhower
      1. Lesson 69: Internal Improvements
        1. Topic 1: Domestic Concerns
        2. Topic 2: Rebuilding Urban America
        3. Topic 3: Space Race
      2. Lesson 70: Foreign Policy
        1. Topic 1: John Foster Dulles
        2. Topic 2: Eisenhower and Krushchev
        3. Topic 3: CIA vs. Anti-U.S. Government
        4. Topic 4: Vietnam
  5. Unit 10: Turbulent Decades
    1. Chapter 24: Civil Rights Movement
      1. Lesson 71: Challenging Jim Crow
        1. Topic 1: Brown v. Board of Education
        2. Topic 2: Civil Unrest
        3. Topic 3: March on Washington
      2. Lesson 72: Consequences of the Civil Rights Movement
        1. Topic 1: Civil Right Legislation
        2. Topic 2: Affirmative Action and Force Busing
        3. Topic 3: Rise of Black Power
    2. Chapter 25: Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay
      1. Lesson 73: Baby Boom
        1. Topic 1: Population Growth
        2. Topic 2: Postwar Consumer Culture
        3. Topic 3: The Sunbelt
      2. Lesson 74: Material Culture
        1. Topic 1: Music
        2. Topic 2: Television and Movies
        3. Topic 3: Family Life
  6. Unit 11: Toward a New Century
    1. Chapter 26: Imperial Presidency
      1. Lesson 75: JFK
        1. Topic 1: The New Frontier of Politics
        2. Topic 2: The New Frontier Abroad
        3. Topic 3: The New Frontier at Home
      2. Lesson 76: LBJ
        1. Topic 1: Great Society
        2. Topic 2: Counterculture
        3. Topic 3: Urban Unrest
      3. Lesson 77: Nixon and Foreign Policy
        1. Topic 1: Election of 1968
        2. Topic 2: Vietnam
        3. Topic 3: Foreign Affairs
      4. Lesson 78: Nixon and Domestic Issues
        1. Topic 1: The Supreme Court
        2. Topic 2: The Nixon Economy
        3. Topic 3: Watergate
      5. Lesson 79: Ford, Carter, and Reagan
        1. Topic 1: Gerald Ford
        2. Topic 2: Jimmy Carter
        3. Topic 3: Ronald Reagan
      6. Lesson 80: Moving into a New Millenium
        1. Topic 1: George Bush
        2. Topic 2: Bill Clinton
        3. Topic 3: George W. Bush
        4. Topic 4: The Changing American Society