AP United States History
According to College Board Online
The goals of the AP United States History
course is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual
knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United
States History. Students will learn to analyze and interpret a variety of
historical resources and develop the ability to use documentary materials, maps,
pictorial, and graphic evidence of historical events. Students should be able to
express themselves with clarity, maturity, and precision.
Themes in United States History:
 | The advancement of reform movements throughout the years |
| Cultural changes due to Protestant religion |
| Cultural changes in African - American society throughout the years |
| Major trends in literature and the arts |
| Intellectual and cultural developments as statements of social values and as historical evidence |
| Developments in social, economic, and political thought |
| Development in literacy and communication |
| The diffusion of new intellectual concepts among different social groups |
| Changes in popular culture, such as the development of new attitudes toward religion, family and work |
| The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms |
| The development of political parties and ideologies |
| The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political) |
| The development and growth of nationalism |
| Forms of political protest, reform and revolution |
| Colonialism and its relationship with Great Britain. |
| Relationship between domestic and foreign policies |
| Efforts to restrain conflicts |
| Techniques and technology of war |
| The role of urbanization in transforming cultural values and social relationships |
| Shift from elitist social classes to modern social classes |
| Hygienic practices, disease, and medicine and their effects on society |
| The development of commercial practices and their economic and social impact |
| The origins, development and consequence of industrialization |
| Changes in the demographic structure of the United States and their consequences |
| Change and continuity in the American family structure and in gender roles |
| The growth of competition and interdependence in national and world markets |
| The relationship between private and state contributions to economic growth; the development of a mixed economy |