2017 / 2018 A. P.

United States History

Course Calendar and Topical Breakdown (148 Instructional / 10 Review Days)

Due Date Personal Checklist

Period # Dates / Days Corresponding Chapters Notes Vocab Quiz
(Notes Guide Due)
5% of course
Period 1 Chapter 1 New World
7 days Chp 1 25 Aug, 2017
1491-1607
Aug 15 Aug 23
Chapter 2 Planting English America
Chapter 3 Settling Northern Colonies Chp 2 25 Aug, 2017
10% of course
Period 2 Chapter 4 American Life in the 17th Century (1607- Chp 3 1 Sep, 2017
15 days
1607-1754 1692) Chp 4 8 Sep, 2017
Aug 24 Sep 14
Chapter 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution Chp 5 15 Sep, 2017
(1700-1775)
Chapter 6 Duel For North America (1608-1763)
Chp 6 22 Sep, 2017
Chapter 7 Road to Revolution (1763-1775)
12% of course Chapter 8 American Secedes from the Empire ((1775-
18 days Chp 7 29 Sep, 2017
Period 3 1783)
Sep 15 Oct 10 Chp 8 29 Sep, 2017
1754-1800 Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution
(1776-1790)
Chp 9 6 Oct, 2017
Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State (1789-
Chp 10 13 Oct, 2017
1800)
Chapter 11 The Triumphs and Travails of Jeff Repub
(1800-1812) Chp 11 18 Oct, 2017
Chapter 12 The Second War for Independence (1812
10% of course
1824) Chp 12 27 Oct, 2017
Period 4 15 days
Chapter 13 The Rise of Mass Democracy (1824-1840) Chp 13 27 Oct, 2017
1800-1848 Oct 11 Nov 3
Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy (1790-
1860) Chp 14 3 Nov, 2017
Chapter 15 Ferment of Reform and Culture (1790- Chp 15 10 Nov, 2017
1860)
Chp 16 17 Nov, 2017
13% of course Chapter 16 The South and the Slavery Controversy
Period 5 Chp 17 17 Nov, 2017
20 days Chapter 17 Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy (1844-
1844-1877
Nov 6 Dec 6 1877)
Chp 18 1 Dec, 2017
 Chapter 18 Renewing the Sectional Struggle (1848- Chp 19 1 Dec, 2017
1854)
Chapter 19 Drifting Toward Disunion (1854-1861) Chp 20 8 Dec, 2017
Chapter 20 Girding for War (1861-1865) Chp 21 15 Dec, 2017
Chapter 21 Furnace of War (1861-1865) Chp 22 21 Dec, 2017
Chapter 22 The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Chapter 23 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (1869- Chp 23 12 Jan, 2018
1896) Chp 24 12 Jan, 2018
13% of course
Period 6 Chapter 24 Industry Comes of Age (1865-1900)
20 days
1865-1898 Chapter 25 American Moves to the City (1865-1900) Chp 25 19 Jan, 2018
Dec 7 Jan 19
Chapter 26 The Great West and Agricultural
Revolution (1865-1896) Chp 26 26 Jan, 2018
Chp 27 26 Jan, 2018
Chapter 27 Empire and Expansion (1890 1909)
Chapter 28 Progressivism and Republican Roosevelt Chp 28 2 Feb, 2018
(1901-1912) Chp 29 9 Feb, 2018
Chapter 29 Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and
17% of course Abroad (1912-1916) Chp 30 16 Feb, 2018
Period 7
25 days Chapter 30 The War to End War (1917-1918) Chp 31 16 Feb, 2018
1890-1945
Jan 22 Feb 26 Chapter 31 American Life in the Roaring Twenties
(1919-1929) Chp 32 23 Feb, 2018
Chapter 32 The Politics of Boom and Bust (1920-1932)
Chapter 33 The Great Depression and the New Deal) Chp 33 2 Mar, 2018

Chapter 34 FDR and the Shadow of War (1933-1941) Chp 34 9 Mar, 2018
Chapter 35 America in World War II (1941-1945) Chp 35 16 Mar, 2018
15% of course
Period 8 Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins (1945-1952) Chp 36 16 Mar, 2018
22 days
1945-1980 Chapter 37 The Eisenhower Era (1952-1960) Chp 37 23 Mar, 2018
Feb 27 Apr 4
Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties (1960-1968) Chp 38 6 Apr, 2018
Chapter 39 The Stalemated Seventies (1968-1980) Chp 39 6 Apr, 2018

Chapter 40 The Resurgence of Conservatism (1980-

5% of course Chp 40 13 Apr, 2018
Period 9 1992)
7 days Chp 41 20 Apr, 2018
1980-Present Chapter 41 America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era
Apr 5 Apr 13 Chp 42 20 Apr, 2018
(1992-2004)
Chapter 42 The American People Face a New Century