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  • Periods
    • 1: 1491-1607 >
      • 1.1 Contextualizing Period 1
      • 1.2 Native American Societies Before Euro Contact
      • 1.3 Euro Exploration in the Americas
      • 1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
      • 1.5 Labor, Slavery, & Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
      • 1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Euros, Native Americans, & Africans
      • 1.7 Causation in Period 3
    • 2: 1607- 1754 >
      • 2.1 Contextualizing Period 2
      • 2.2 European Colonization
      • 2.3 The Regions of British Colonies
      • 2.4 Transatlantic Trade
      • 2.5 Interactions Between Am Indians & Euros
      • 2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies
      • 2.7 Colonial Society & Culture
      • 2.8 Comparison in Period 2
    • 3: 1754- 1800 >
      • 3.1 Contextualizing Period 3
      • 3.2 The French & Indian War
      • 3.3 Taxation Without Representation
      • 3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the Am Revolution
      • 3.5 The American Revolution
      • 3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
      • 3.7 The Articles of Confederation
      • 3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
      • 3.9 The Constitution
      • 3.10 Shaping a New Republic
      • 3.11 Developing an American Identity
      • 3.12 Movement in the Early Republic
      • 3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3
    • 4: 1800- 1848 >
      • 4.1 Contextualizing Period 4
      • 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties
      • 4.3 Politics & Regional Interests
      • 4.4 America on the World Stage
      • 4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization
      • 4.6 Market Revolution: Society & Culture
      • 4.7 Expanding Democracy
      • 4.8 Jackson & Federal Power
      • 4.9 The Development of Am Culture
      • 4.10 The 2nd Great Awakening
      • 4.11 An Age of Reform
      • 4.12 African Americans in the Early Repubic
      • 4.13 The Society of the South...
    • 5: 1844- 1877 >
      • 5.2 Manifest Destiny
      • 5.3 The Mexican War
      • 5.4 Comp of 1850
      • 5.5 Sectional Conflict
      • 5.6 Failure of Compromise
      • 5.7 Election of 1860 & Succession
      • 5.8 Military Conflict
      • 5.9 Government Policies
      • 5.10 Reconstruction
      • 5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
    • 6: 1865- 1898 >
      • 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development
      • 6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development
      • 6.4 The “New South”
      • 6.5 Technological Innovation
      • 6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
      • 6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age
      • 6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age
      • 6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
      • 6.10 Development of the Middle Class
      • 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
      • 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
      • 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
    • 7: 1880- 1945 >
      • 7.2 Imperialism: Debates
      • 7.3 The Spanish-American War
      • 7.4 The Progressives
      • 7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy
      • 7.6 World War I: Home Front
      • 7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
      • 7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
      • 7.9 The Great Depression
      • 7.10 The New Deal
      • 7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy
      • 7.12 World War II: Mobilization
      • 7.13 World War II: Military
      • 7.14 Postwar Diplomacy
    • 8: 1945- 1980 >
      • 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
      • 8.3 The Red Scare
      • 8.4 Economy After 1945
      • 8.5 Culture after 1945
      • 8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
      • 8.7 America as a World Power
      • 8.8 The Vietnam War
      • 8.9 The Great Society
      • 8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
      • 8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands
      • 8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s
      • 8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
      • 8.14 Society in Transition
    • 9: 1980- present
  • The AP Test 5/6/2022
    • Stimulus-Response Questions
    • Free Response Questions >
      • Short Answer
      • Long Essay
      • DBQs
  • AP History Disciplinary Practices and Reasoning Skills
  • Thematic Learning Objectives

   APUSH PERIOD 8 
      (1945- 1980)
KEY CONCEPTS REVIEW

Period 8 Slides

amsco readings

 Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29
  • Home
  • The Daily Buzz
  • Periods
    • 1: 1491-1607 >
      • 1.1 Contextualizing Period 1
      • 1.2 Native American Societies Before Euro Contact
      • 1.3 Euro Exploration in the Americas
      • 1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
      • 1.5 Labor, Slavery, & Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
      • 1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Euros, Native Americans, & Africans
      • 1.7 Causation in Period 3
    • 2: 1607- 1754 >
      • 2.1 Contextualizing Period 2
      • 2.2 European Colonization
      • 2.3 The Regions of British Colonies
      • 2.4 Transatlantic Trade
      • 2.5 Interactions Between Am Indians & Euros
      • 2.6 Slavery in the British Colonies
      • 2.7 Colonial Society & Culture
      • 2.8 Comparison in Period 2
    • 3: 1754- 1800 >
      • 3.1 Contextualizing Period 3
      • 3.2 The French & Indian War
      • 3.3 Taxation Without Representation
      • 3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the Am Revolution
      • 3.5 The American Revolution
      • 3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
      • 3.7 The Articles of Confederation
      • 3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
      • 3.9 The Constitution
      • 3.10 Shaping a New Republic
      • 3.11 Developing an American Identity
      • 3.12 Movement in the Early Republic
      • 3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3
    • 4: 1800- 1848 >
      • 4.1 Contextualizing Period 4
      • 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties
      • 4.3 Politics & Regional Interests
      • 4.4 America on the World Stage
      • 4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization
      • 4.6 Market Revolution: Society & Culture
      • 4.7 Expanding Democracy
      • 4.8 Jackson & Federal Power
      • 4.9 The Development of Am Culture
      • 4.10 The 2nd Great Awakening
      • 4.11 An Age of Reform
      • 4.12 African Americans in the Early Repubic
      • 4.13 The Society of the South...
    • 5: 1844- 1877 >
      • 5.2 Manifest Destiny
      • 5.3 The Mexican War
      • 5.4 Comp of 1850
      • 5.5 Sectional Conflict
      • 5.6 Failure of Compromise
      • 5.7 Election of 1860 & Succession
      • 5.8 Military Conflict
      • 5.9 Government Policies
      • 5.10 Reconstruction
      • 5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
    • 6: 1865- 1898 >
      • 6.2 Westward Expansion: Economic Development
      • 6.3 Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development
      • 6.4 The “New South”
      • 6.5 Technological Innovation
      • 6.6 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
      • 6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age
      • 6.8 Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age
      • 6.9 Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
      • 6.10 Development of the Middle Class
      • 6.11 Reform in the Gilded Age
      • 6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
      • 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
    • 7: 1880- 1945 >
      • 7.2 Imperialism: Debates
      • 7.3 The Spanish-American War
      • 7.4 The Progressives
      • 7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy
      • 7.6 World War I: Home Front
      • 7.7 1920s: Innovations in Communication and Technology
      • 7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
      • 7.9 The Great Depression
      • 7.10 The New Deal
      • 7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy
      • 7.12 World War II: Mobilization
      • 7.13 World War II: Military
      • 7.14 Postwar Diplomacy
    • 8: 1945- 1980 >
      • 8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
      • 8.3 The Red Scare
      • 8.4 Economy After 1945
      • 8.5 Culture after 1945
      • 8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
      • 8.7 America as a World Power
      • 8.8 The Vietnam War
      • 8.9 The Great Society
      • 8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
      • 8.11 The Civil Rights Movement Expands
      • 8.12 Youth Culture of the 1960s
      • 8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
      • 8.14 Society in Transition
    • 9: 1980- present
  • The AP Test 5/6/2022
    • Stimulus-Response Questions
    • Free Response Questions >
      • Short Answer
      • Long Essay
      • DBQs
  • AP History Disciplinary Practices and Reasoning Skills
  • Thematic Learning Objectives