Ap Us History Outline
Advanced Placement United States History
Course Description:
AP® U.S. History is a challenging course that is meant to be the equivalent of a freshman college course and can earn students college credit. It is a two-semester survey of American history from the age of exploration and discovery to the present. Solid reading and writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study, are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents, and historiography.
Course Objectives
Students will:
• master a broad body of historical knowledge
• demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology …show more content…
response to the Panay incident, Munich agreement, cash and carry, quarantine speech, or destroyers-for-bases deal. • “Discrimination continued during World War II despite the patriotism of all groups of Americans.” Assess this statement with reference to three of the following: African Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, or women.
Unit 6: Making of Modern America
1. The United States in the Early Cold War • Origins of the Cold War • Truman and containment • Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan • Diplomatic strategies and policies of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations • Red Scare and McCarthyism • Impact of Cold War on American society
2. The 1950s • Emergence of the modern civil rights movement • Affluent society and “the other America” • Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle-class America • Social critics, non-conformists, and cultural rebels • Impact of changes in science, technology, and medicine
3. The Turbulent 1960s • From the New Frontier to the Great
Course Description:
AP® U.S. History is a challenging course that is meant to be the equivalent of a freshman college course and can earn students college credit. It is a two-semester survey of American history from the age of exploration and discovery to the present. Solid reading and writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study, are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents, and historiography.
Course Objectives
Students will:
• master a broad body of historical knowledge
• demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology …show more content…
response to the Panay incident, Munich agreement, cash and carry, quarantine speech, or destroyers-for-bases deal. • “Discrimination continued during World War II despite the patriotism of all groups of Americans.” Assess this statement with reference to three of the following: African Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, or women.
Unit 6: Making of Modern America
1. The United States in the Early Cold War • Origins of the Cold War • Truman and containment • Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan • Diplomatic strategies and policies of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations • Red Scare and McCarthyism • Impact of Cold War on American society
2. The 1950s • Emergence of the modern civil rights movement • Affluent society and “the other America” • Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle-class America • Social critics, non-conformists, and cultural rebels • Impact of changes in science, technology, and medicine
3. The Turbulent 1960s • From the New Frontier to the Great