AP US History Themes

AP US History Themes

1. Identity

A. Race

· Middle Passage- Slavery- Abolition-Reconstruction-Jim Crow- Black Migration-- Civil Rights- Present (1980-

B. Gender

· Pocahontas- Anne Hutchinson— Revolutionary War (boycott)—Republican Motherhood- Cult of Domesticity—Seneca Falls- Progressivism- 2nd Wave Feminism—ERA

C. Class

· Indentured Servants- Slavery- Lowell—Pullman Strike- Flint Sit-Down Strike-Deindustrialization

2. Work, Exchange & Technology

· Columbian Exchange-Mercantilism-Cotton Gin- Market Revolution- Transcendental Railroad (symbol for Gilded Age: Industrial & Agricultural Revolution)- Model – Consumer Culture-Globalization

3. Migration

A. Migration

· Puritans- -Irish & Germans (1840s)—Chinese(2nd half of 19th century0—Europeans (Eastern &S. Eastern)— Mexican Americans (20s) & 30s)- Japanese Internment- 1965 Immigration Act- 1985 Immigration Act

B. Native Americans

· Aztecs- Cortez- Powhattan-Metacom- Iroquois Middle Ground- Tecumseh- Cherokee- Plains Indians- Assimilation- AIM

4. Politics & Power

· Colonial Power Structure- 1776—Federalists- Jeffersonian Republicans- Jackson Democrats- Lincoln Republicans- New Deal Democrats- Great Society-Reagan Republicans

5. America & The World

· Washington Farewell Address—Louisiana Purchase—War of 1812—Manifest Destiny- Imperialism- WWI—WWII- Cold War-Vietnam- Persian Gulf War- War on Terror

6. Environment & Human Interaction

· Native Americans & Environment- Europeans view of Environment (commodity)- Transcendentalists—Conservationists & Preservationists (Muir)—Conservationists (Rachel Carson)

7. Ideas, Beliefs, & Culture

· Puritan Mindset- Enlightenment-Transcendentalists- Pragmatic (Oliver Wendell Homes)—Lost Generations- Beatniks- Rap