AP United States History
Course Information
- Two Semester Class
- Two Credit Course
- Open to grade 11-12
- Prerequisites: Department Approval
- Instructor: Mr. Philip Koch
Course Description: This Advanced Placement course will offer an intensive, college level study of United States history for the upper level social studies student. Students will experience college level topics and material in American history through a rigorous and challenging curriculum. The course is intended for students who are pursing a career in the field of social sciences and/or desire to attempt to earn college credit and/or placement from a college by scoring appropriately on the A.P. examination given annually in May. (Limited enrollment.)
Topics of Study
The Road to Independence The American Revolution and its Aftermath
The Constitution The New Republic
The Jeffersonian Revolution Early Nationalism
Sectional Differences The Age of Jackson
Manifest Destiny The Establishment of U.S. Culture
The Coming of the Civil War Civil War
Reconstruction The West and its Demise
The Native American Tragedy Social Darwinism and American Industrial Growth
The Growth of the City The Emergence of the New South
The Gilded Age The Populist Movement
The Emergence of the United States as a World Power The Progressive Era
World War I and Its Aftermath The Roaring 20s and the Great Crash
The Depression and the New Deal Twentieth Century Literature and the Arts
The Coming of World War II World War II and its Aftermath
The Cold War The Truman and Eisenhower Presidencies
The Civil Rights Movement and Social Reform The Vietnam War
Watergate and the Nixon-Ford Presidencies The United States since 1974
The New Right and Conservative Social Agenda Ford and Rockefeller
President Carter and the Problems of the 70s
President Reagan: tax cuts, defense build-up, foreign crises
Changes in Society