Survey to review the whole course of US history in preparation for the AP exam. Effectively condensed yet complete enough to eliminate the need to constantly refer back to a basal text. Short, concise, and all inclusive.

Table of Contents

1. The Pre-colonial Period to the Revolutionary Period (1492–1763)
2. The Outbreak of the American Revolution (1763–1776)
3. The American Revolution (1776–1783)
4. The Era of the Articles of Confederation (1783–1789)
5. The Federalist Period (1789–1800)
6. The Jeffersonian Era Through the War of 1812 (1800–1815)
7. The “Era of Good Feelings” (1815–1824)
8. John Quincy Adams and the Jacksonian Era (1824–1840)
9. Expansion and Social Reform (1840–1850)
10. Prelude to Civil War (1850–1861)
11. The Civil War (1861–1865)
12. The Period of Reconstruction (1865–1877)
13. The Gilded Age and U.S. Imperialism (1878–1900)
14. Progressivism and World War I (1900–1920)
15. The Twenties (1920–1929)
16. Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939)
17. World War II (1939–1945)
18. Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War (1945–1960)
19. “New Frontier,” “Great Society,” and Vietnam (1960–1968)
20. The Nixon Presidency and its Aftermath (1968–1976)
21. From Carter to Reagan (1976–1980)
22. Reagan and Bush (1980–1992)