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Today's lesson: The Civil War. A war may be civil, but it's never pretty. Well, aside from the Pretty Pink Fairy Wars of '93...but no one seems to want to talk to us about those.
Period 1: 1491 to 1607 Videos 27 videos
AP U.S. History Period 1: 1491-1607 Drill 3, Problem 2. The cultivation of maize, depicted in the image, also played a significant role in which of...
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 1: 1491-1607. The introduction of European goods to the Great Plains affected the native population in all of the follow...
What kind of economic model did New England's environment encourage the Iroquois, and similar cultures, to adopt?
Period 2: 1607 to 1754 Videos 36 videos
AP U.S. History Exam 1.9. When discussing the country's need to protect the British colonies, Parliament was referring to...what?
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 2: 1607–1754. The racial ideology reflected in the Spanish caste system depicted above differed from the views of the...
AP U.S. History 3.3 Period 2: 1607-1754. The direct effect of the process depicted in the image was...what?
Period 3: 1754 to 1800 Videos 35 videos
AP U.S. History Exam 2.1. Which of the following had the greatest impact on the settlement patterns shown on the map?
AP U.S. History Exam 2.10. What does the excerpt suggest about the movement for American independence?
AP U.S. History 3.2 Period 3: 1754-1800. The enactment of the goals expressed in the excerpt directly led to...what?
Period 4: 1800 to 1848 Videos 20 videos
AP U.S. History Exam 2.18. Which of the following had the greatest impact on the rise of the abolitionist movement that is described in the excerpt?
AP U.S. History 4.2 Period 4: 1800-1848. One direct effect of the trend described in the excerpt was...what?
AP U.S. History Exam 2.20. Based on the argument in the excerpt, many abolitionists would have been likely to support...what?
Period 5: 1844 to 1877 Videos 39 videos
AP U.S. History Exam 1.22. Over time, what had the biggest impact on the environmental transformation and division of the larger Western territorie...
AP U.S. History Exam 2.22. How did many immigrants seek refuge from the sentiments expressed in the image?
AP U.S. History: Religion and Reform in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 2. How did the creation of Kansas affect the country's political l...
Period 6: 1865 to 1898 Videos 26 videos
AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 6: 1865-1898. In this AP U.S. History question determine why the structures of companies in industries like steel b...
The appeal of city living has always been strong. Can you figure out why new immigrants chose to live in big cities? Hint: they weren't trying to b...
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 15. How did groups like the ones represented by the image influence industry in America?
Period 7: 1890 to 1945 Videos 39 videos
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 18. What shift in the United States economy is represented by the image?
AP U.S. History Exam 2.35. How did factories like the one shown in the image impact women and immigrants?
The appeal of city living has always been strong. Can you figure out why new immigrants chose to live in big cities? Hint: they weren't trying to b...
Period 8: 1945 to 1980 Videos 41 videos
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 22. Which established foreign policy was the National Security Council Report used to solidify?
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 24. How did the United States choose containment over the National Security Council Report in Latin America?
In this AP U.S. History question read the excerpt and determine how it reflects on conceptual shifts in American Foreign Policy. AP U.S. His...
Period 9: 1980 to Present Videos 24 videos
AP U.S. History Exam 1.51. Despite the popularity of his inaugural message, Reagan and other conservative politicians were met with opposition w...
AP U.S. History Exam 1.52. Why did the federal government continue to grow in the 1980s despite the philosophies expressed by Reagan in the ex...
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 9: 1980-Present. Which of the following historical events would undermine the promises made by the Republican Party in i...