US History
Free US History study guide: 9 units with summaries, key ideas, flashcards and 45 practice questions with step-by-step solutions.
Lines up with: AP US History; CLEP History of the United States I and II; state end-of-course exams.
Units
- UNIT 01
Period 1: 1491–1607
Before Europeans arrived, diverse Native societies adapted to their environments, and contact transformed both hemispheres. - UNIT 02
Period 2: 1607–1754
British colonies developed distinct regional economies, labor systems and relationships with Native peoples and Britain. - UNIT 03
Period 3: 1754–1800
British efforts to control and tax the colonies after 1763 led to revolution, and Americans then built and debated a new government. - UNIT 04
Period 4: 1800–1848
The young nation expanded, its economy industrialized, democracy widened for white men, and reformers pushed to perfect society. - UNIT 05
Period 5: 1844–1877
Westward expansion reopened the question of slavery, leading to civil war, emancipation and the contested rebuilding of the nation. - UNIT 06
Period 6: 1865–1898
After the Civil War, industrial capitalism, immigration and western expansion transformed the nation and created new conflicts. - UNIT 07
Period 7: 1890–1945
The US became a world power, reformed industrial society, endured boom and depression, and expanded government through the New Deal and World War II. - UNIT 08
Period 8: 1945–1980
The Cold War shaped foreign and domestic policy while prosperity, the civil rights movement and protest transformed American society. - UNIT 09
Period 9: 1980–present
Conservatism rose, the Cold War ended, and globalization, technology, terrorism and demographic change reshaped the nation.