AP®︎ US History Unit 7: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 7 of AP US History – Period 7 (1890–1945).
Unit 7: Period 7 (1890–1945)
This unit examines U.S. expansion, reform movements, and global conflicts, including both World Wars. It also highlights the domestic impact of war, the Great Depression, and the New Deal on American life and politics.
Begin with Topic 7.1: Contextualizing Period 7To review Unit 7, go through each of the 15 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 7 test, pulled directly from the AP® U.S. History curriculum.
Contextualizing Period 7
Contextualizing Period 7
- How the United States Became a Modern Industrial Nation and a World Power
- The Big Changes Reshaping American Life
- Reform and Government Expansion
Imperialism: Debates
Imperialism: Debates
- What Imperialism Meant in the 1890s
- Why Imperialists Supported Overseas Expansion
- Why Anti-Imperialists Opposed Empire
The Spanish–American War
The Spanish–American War
- What the Spanish-American War Changed
- Why the United States Went to War
- How the War Was Fought and Won
The Progressives
The Progressives
- What Progressivism Was
- Reformers and What They Tried to Fix
- Political and Federal Progressive Reform
World War I: Military and Diplomacy
World War I: Military and Diplomacy
- Why the United States Entered World War I
- How the United States Helped the Allies Win
- Wilson’s Peace Plan and the Treaty of Versailles
World War I: Home Front
World War I: Home Front
- How World War I Changed Life on the Home Front
- Federal Mobilization and Wartime Labor
- Propaganda, Repression, and Wartime Nationalism
1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
- How a 1920s Consumer Economy Worked
- Mass Production and Consumer Buying
- Automobiles, Mobility, and Government Infrastructure
1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
- Why the 1920s Became a Fight Over American Identity
- Migration and Urban Culture
- Nativism and Immigration Restriction
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
- How the Great Depression Happened
- The Main Causes of the Depression
- How the Crisis Fed on Itself
The New Deal
The New Deal
- What the New Deal Was
- Major New Deal Programs and What They Did
- The Second New Deal and the Fight Over Its Limits
Interwar Foreign Policy
Interwar Foreign Policy
- What Interwar Foreign Policy Was
- How the United States Tried to Shape the World in the 1920s
- Intervention in the Western Hemisphere and the Good Neighbor Shift
World War II: Mobilization
World War II: Mobilization
- How World War II Mobilization Remade the United States
- How the Wartime Economy Worked
- How Mobilization Changed Work, Migration, and Daily Life
World War II: Military
World War II: Military
- How the United States and the Allies Won World War II
- The Main Reasons Allied Victory Was Possible
- The Campaigns That Broke the Axis
Postwar Diplomacy
Postwar Diplomacy
- How World War II Made the United States the Leading Global Power
- The Main Parts of the Postwar Settlement
- How the United States Reshaped Germany and Japan
Comparison in Period 7
Comparison in Period 7
- What Shaped American Identity Most from 1890 to 1945
- Industrialization, reform, and the new role of government
- Mass culture, migration, and who counted as American
Notes
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