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AP U.S. History Exam 2.45. The journey shown on the map was an example of...what?
Exam Videos 131 videos
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 15. How did groups like the ones represented by the image influence industry in America?
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 12. How did the Reconstruction Acts open up political opportunities for former slaves?
AP U.S. History Diagnostic 13. Why did the Reconstruction Acts fail to change Southern attitudes toward race?
Period 1: 1491–1607 Videos 20 videos
What kind of economic model did New England's environment encourage the Iroquois, and similar cultures, to adopt?
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...
AP U.S. History: Period 1: 1491–1607. Drill 1, Problem 3. Increased colonization of the New World was partly facilitated by which of the followin...
Period 2: 1607–1754 Videos 18 videos
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...
U.S. AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 2: 1690-1754. Legislative actions like the declaration above marked a new period in North American slavery becau...
AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 2: 1690-1754. Which of the following environmental factors did not contribute to the rise of the West Indies slave trade...
Period 3: 1754–1800 Videos 20 videos
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 3: 1754–1800. Why was the power to declare war granted to Congress by the Articles of Confederation ineffectual?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 3: 1754-1800. The structure of the government that the Articles of Confederation established most clearly reflects the R...
How did the Northwest Ordinance mark a turning point in American expansion? And no, it has nothing to do with Kimye's baby, even if she did add to...
Period 4: 1800-1848 Videos 17 videos
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 4: 1800-1848. The "separation" that the American Colonization Society advocates for is...what?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 4: 1800-1848. A growing trend among slaveholders in the South was to argue that slavery was...what?
AP US History: Politics in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 1. Expanding government and regulation into the Louisiana territory proved chal...
Period 5: 1848-1877 Videos 18 videos
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?
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...
AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 5: 1848-1877. The railroad built through Kansas in the mid-19th century developed primarily...how?
Period 6: 1865-1898 Videos 11 videos
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 6: 1865-1898. The sentiment expressed above was primarily a response to which of the following economic trends?
How did the wealthy justify their status and privilege? Other than the customary way of having large gold statues built in their likeness with sign...
AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 6: 1865-1898. Which of the following groups would be most likely to agree with the goals of the Populist Party?
Period 7: 1890–1945 Videos 19 videos
AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 7: 1890–1945. The Clayton Antitrust Act marked a new period in American labor relations because it...what?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 7: 1890-1945. Antitrust laws like the Clayton Act were a direct response to what development in the United States economy?
AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 7: 1890-1945. How did the rise of the corporations affect the social order of the time?
Period 8: 1945-1980 Videos 19 videos
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...
AP U.S. History: Industrial American in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 5. In addition to foreign aid, the United States used military force in Korea...
AP U.S. History: Urban Society in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 1. In this AP U.S. History question figure out how the cutoff of oil in Americ...
Period 9: 1980-Present Videos 17 videos
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...
AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 9: 1980-Present. The domestic changes that Nojeim describes occurred alongside...what?
AP U.S. History 2.1 Period 9: 1980-Present. American farmers opposed to free trade agreements such as NAFTA would most likely agree with the b...