Us History Study Guide and Review
AP* U.S. History Study Guide and Review
Aligned with Bailey’s American Pageant
- 13th edition -
This book is available in print, online at: www.lulu.com/content/310851
* “AP” is a registered trademark of the College Board
AP US History Review and Study Guide for “American Pageant” is available in print at www.lulu.com/content/310851
Notes
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Don’t use this review instead of reading the text. Use this as a supplement, not a substitute. Be sure to practice free-response questions as well as studying the facts in this review. Be sure to practice essays and DBQ’s.
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Sources • • • The American Pageant, 13th edition, by Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey http://www.hostultra.com/~apusnotes served as a resource for the outlines. http://www.course-notes.org served as a resource for the vocabulary.
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AP US History Review and Study Guide for “American Pageant” is available in print at www.lulu.com/content/310851
Chapter 1
New World Beginnings
I. The Shaping of North America i. Recorded history began 6,000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization ii. The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. iii. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. iv. The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America & scoured the present day American Midwest. II. Peopling the Americas i. “Land Bridge” 1. As the Great Ice Age diminished, so did the glaciers over North America. 2. The theory holds that a “Land Bridge” emerged linking Asia & North America across what’s today the Bering Sea. People were said to have walked across the “bridge” before the sea level rose and sealed it off and thus populated the Americas. 3. The Land Bridge is suggested as occurring an estimated 35,000 years ago. ii. Many peoples 1. Those groups that traversed the bridge spread across North,
Aligned with Bailey’s American Pageant
- 13th edition -
This book is available in print, online at: www.lulu.com/content/310851
* “AP” is a registered trademark of the College Board
AP US History Review and Study Guide for “American Pageant” is available in print at www.lulu.com/content/310851
Notes
•
Don’t use this review instead of reading the text. Use this as a supplement, not a substitute. Be sure to practice free-response questions as well as studying the facts in this review. Be sure to practice essays and DBQ’s.
• •
Sources • • • The American Pageant, 13th edition, by Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey http://www.hostultra.com/~apusnotes served as a resource for the outlines. http://www.course-notes.org served as a resource for the vocabulary.
2
AP US History Review and Study Guide for “American Pageant” is available in print at www.lulu.com/content/310851
Chapter 1
New World Beginnings
I. The Shaping of North America i. Recorded history began 6,000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization ii. The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. iii. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. iv. The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America & scoured the present day American Midwest. II. Peopling the Americas i. “Land Bridge” 1. As the Great Ice Age diminished, so did the glaciers over North America. 2. The theory holds that a “Land Bridge” emerged linking Asia & North America across what’s today the Bering Sea. People were said to have walked across the “bridge” before the sea level rose and sealed it off and thus populated the Americas. 3. The Land Bridge is suggested as occurring an estimated 35,000 years ago. ii. Many peoples 1. Those groups that traversed the bridge spread across North,