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Unit 1: Period 1 (1491–1607)

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Topic 1.1
Contextualizing Period 1

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Topic 1.2
Native American Societies Before European Contact

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Topic 1.3
European Exploration in the Americas

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Topic 1.4
Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

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Topic 1.5
Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

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Topic 1.6
Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

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Topic 1.7
Causation in Period 1

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Unit 2: Period 2 (1607–1754)

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Topic 2.1
Contextualizing Period 2

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Topic 2.2
European Colonization

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Topic 2.3
The Regions of British Colonies

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Topic 2.4
Transatlantic Trade

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Topic 2.5
Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans

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Slavery in the British Colonies

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Topic 2.7
Colonial Society and Culture

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Topic 2.8
Comparison in Period 2

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Unit 3: Period 3 (1754–1800)

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Topic 3.1
Contextualizing Period 3

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Topic 3.2
The Seven Years’ War (The French and Indian War)

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Topic 3.3
Taxation Without Representation

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Topic 3.4
Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

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The Articles of Confederation

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The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

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The Constitution

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Shaping a New Republic

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Topic 3.11
Developing an American Identity

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Topic 3.12
Movement in the Early Republic

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Topic 3.13
Continuity and Change in Period 3

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Unit 4: Period 4 (1800–1848)

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Topic 4.1
Contextualizing Period 4

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Topic 4.2
The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

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Topic 4.3
Politics and Regional Interests

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Topic 4.4
America on the World Stage

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Market Revolution: Industrialization

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Market Revolution: Society and Culture

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Expanding Democracy

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Jackson and Federal Power

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The Development of an American Culture

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The Second Great Awakening

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An Age of Reform

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Topic 4.12
African Americans in the Early Republic

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The Society of the South in the Early Republic

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Topic 4.14
Causation in Period 4

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Unit 5: Period 5 (1844–1877)

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Topic 5.1
Contextualizing Period 5

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Topic 5.2
Manifest Destiny

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Topic 5.3
The Mexican–American War

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Topic 5.4
The Compromise of 1850

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Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

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Failure of Compromise

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Election of 1860 and Secession

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Military Conflict in the Civil War

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Government Policies During the Civil War

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Reconstruction

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Topic 5.11
Failure of Reconstruction

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Topic 5.12
Comparison in Period 5

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Unit 6: Period 6 (1865–1898)

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Topic 6.1
Contextualizing Period 6

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Westward Expansion: Economic Development

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Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development

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Topic 6.4
The “New South”

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Technological Innovation

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The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

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Labor in the Gilded Age

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Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age

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Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

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Topic 6.10
Development of the Middle Class

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Reform in the Gilded Age

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Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age

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Topic 6.13
Politics in the Gilded Age

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Topic 6.14
Continuity and Change in Period 6

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Unit 7: Period 7 (1890–1945)

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Topic 7.1
Contextualizing Period 7

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Topic 7.2
Imperialism: Debates

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The Spanish–American War

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Topic 7.4
The Progressives

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World War I: Military and Diplomacy

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World War I: Home Front

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1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology

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1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

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The Great Depression

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The New Deal

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Interwar Foreign Policy

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World War II: Mobilization

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World War II: Military

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Postwar Diplomacy

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Topic 7.15
Comparison in Period 7

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Unit 8: Period 8 (1945–1980)

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Topic 8.1
Contextualizing Period 8

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The Cold War from 1945 to 1980

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Topic 8.3
The Red Scare

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Economy After 1945

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Culture after 1945

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Topic 8.6
Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)

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Topic 8.7
America as a World Power

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The Vietnam War

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Topic 8.9
The Great Society

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The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

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The Civil Rights Movement Expands

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Topic 8.12
Youth Culture of the 1960s

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Topic 8.13
The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

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Topic 8.14
Society in Transition

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Topic 8.15
Continuity and Change in Period 8

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Unit 9: Period 9 (1980–Present)

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Topic 9.1
Contextualizing Period 9

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Reagan and Conservatism

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The End of the Cold War

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Topic 9.4
A Changing Economy

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Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s

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Challenges of the 21st Century

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Topic 9.7
Causation in Period 9

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