Mr. McKay's AP United States History Links


Last updated: Sunday, 16-Nov-08 09:32:44 PST

Time until The AP United States History Test,
Friday, May 8, 2009




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AP US History Assignments, Tests, Papers & Class Events





Here are the PowerPoint slides for the class notes:

Please note that the PowerPoint slides below do not contain all the notes or comments presented in class,
these are an adjunctive resource to help you focus your studies.
They are not a replacement for proper notes and paying attention in class!

Unit 1 Notes

Unit 2 Notes


Unit 3 Notes

  • Chapter 17.
  • Chapter 18.
  • Chapter 19.
  • Chapter 20.
  • Chapter 21.
  • Chapter 22.
  • Chapter 23.
  • Chapter 24.

Unit 4 Notes

  • Chapter 25.
  • Chapter 26.
  • Chapter 27.
  • Chapter 28.
  • Chapter 29.
  • Chapter 30.
  • Chapter 31.
  • Chapter 32.

Unit 5 Notes

  • Chapter 33.
  • Chapter 34.
  • Chapter 35.
  • Chapter 36.
  • Chapter 37.
  • Chapter 38.
  • Chapter 39.
  • Chapter 40.

Unit 6 Notes

  • Chapter 41.
  • Chapter 42.
  • Review Items


Please note: The textbook publisher, Houghton Mifflin, has recently changed all its weblinks for the edition of the text we are using, it is now another corporate site called Cengage Learning. I am updating the weblinks as quickly as I am able, but Cengage appears not to offer the same depth of resources as the old site. Therefore, some of these recources will be directly associated with earlier editions of the text. They may not match up exactly with the specific chapter you are studying, but are still quite useful, of course!


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Semester 1 Podcasts

(Not all classes are recorded, and not all of
the recorded classes have technically acceptible recordings)


Semester 2 Podcasts

(Not all classes are recorded, and not all of
the recorded classes have technically acceptible recordings)

Web Sites for Research

Sample Tests

Chapter Tests of The American Pageant

Multiple Choice Tests

 

AP Board Exam

  • The AP Board has changed its policies on releasing the multiple-choice section of exams, and I no longer know of any online site where you can access an actual exam. You may purchase the 2001 AP US History exam from the College Board, and I do have samples you can see in class.
  • AP College Board - this is great for previous test questions, sample scored essays, and suggestions
  • A.P. Exam Essay Questions for the Last Six Years

 

 

AP US History Topics
Breakdown Given by College Board

Era Outlines

One Page Outlines of Above Topics with Notes
Please note that these do not matchup with the textbook chapters!

  1. Exploration
  2. Colonization
  3. Life in the Colonies
  4. Causes of the Revolution
  5. Critical Period
  6. Making a Nation
  7. War of 1812
  8. Jacksonian Democracy
  9. Creating an American Culture
  10. Native American Treatment
  11. Sectional Differences
  12. Westward Expansion
  13. Causes of the Civil War
  14. The Civil War
  15. Reconstruction
  16. Industrialization and Corporate Consolidation
  17. Gilded Age: Politics and Urbanization
  18. Foreign Policy - 1865-1914
  19. Progressive Era
  20. World War I
  21. The 1920s
  22. The Great Depression
  23. Foreign Policy in the 1930s
  24. World War II
  25. Truman and the Cold War
  26. Eisenhower and Modern Republicanism
  27. Kennedy's New Frontier
  28. Nixon
  29. The United States Since 1974
  30. Civil Rights Movement
  31. Women's Equality

Review Terms and Questions

Terms

Questions - if you can write a thoughtful paragraph on all of these questions, you should do great. 

Review Summaries of Eras

Concise, Single-Source Review of Entire Course

The "Official" AP United States History Cram Packet

 

 

Extra Resources & Specific History Bits


Document Based Questions (DBQ's)

Introduction to DBQs

General Resources

Resources for Students



Many thanks to Mr. Eric Burnett of the Singapore American School for his kind assistance with most of these links.



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