APUSH BIG TEST

Period 1: 1491-1607

• Native American societies before European contact.

• European exploration and colonization.

• Columbian Exchange: impact on Europe and the Americas.

• Early Spanish, French, and English colonies.

Period 2: 1607-1754

• Development of British colonies.

• Transatlantic trade and the growth of slavery.

• Colonial society and culture.

• Early conflicts between colonists and Native Americans.

Period 3: 1754-1800

• Causes and consequences of the French and Indian War.

• Growing tensions between Britain and its colonies.

• American Revolution: causes, events, and consequences.

• Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

• Early Republic: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson administrations.

Period 4: 1800-1848

• Jeffersonian Democracy and the Louisiana Purchase.

• War of 1812 and its impact.

• Era of Good Feelings and the rise of nationalism.

• Market Revolution: industrialization, transportation, and urbanization.

• Reform movements: abolitionism, temperance, women's rights.

• Jacksonian Democracy and its effects.

• Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny.

Period 5: 1844-1877

• Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion.

• Sectionalism and the road to the Civil War.

• Civil War: causes, major events, and consequences.

• Reconstruction: successes and failures.

Period 6: 1865-1898

• Industrial Revolution: growth of big business and labor unions.

• Westward expansion and the transformation of the West.

• Gilded Age politics and corruption.

• Populist movement and agrarian discontent.

• Immigration and urbanization.

Period 7: 1890-1945

• Progressive Era: reforms and reformers.

• American imperialism and the Spanish-American War.

• World War I: causes, events, and consequences.

• Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.

• New Deal: programs and impact.

• World War II: causes, events, and consequences.

Period 8: 1945-1980

• Cold War: origins, major events, and consequences.

• Civil Rights Movement: leaders, strategies, and achievements.

• Great Society and the expansion of government programs.

• Vietnam War: causes, events, and consequences.

• Social and cultural changes of the 1960s and 1970s