The following multiple-choice questions are academically similar to those appearing on the College Board Advanced Placement National Examination in United States History prior to 2015. They have been adapted from past APUSH National Exams, various College Board material offering sample questions, and numerous APUSH review manuals widely available through retail outlets. No item is an exact copy of published material. They address political, social, economic, intellectual, and diplomatic history. While the College Board's newest format of multiple-choice questioning has shifted from the traditional manner, the items included here can nevertheless provide effective learning support. Your instructor is familiar with the current multiple-choice style featured on the APUSH National Exam. These review sets are intended for private use and educational purpose only and are not to be sold or marketed in any fashion.



Periods 1 & 2 (1491-1754)

    Discovery & Settlement
    Colonial America
Period 3 (1754-1800)

    The French and Indian War
    Resistance & Revolution
    The Critical Period
    The Federalist Era


Period 4 (1800-1848)

    Jeffersonian Democracy
    The War of 1812
    The Era of Good Feelings
    The Age of Jackson
    Tocqueville's America
    Emergence of American Culture
    Early Reform Movements
    Manifest Destiny
    The Mexican War
Period 5 (1844-1877)

    The Antebellum South
    Sectionalism & Secession
    The Civil War
    Reconstruction


Period 6 (1865-1898)

    America's Frontier West
    The Plains Indian Wars
    The Age of Big Business
    The Rise of Labor Unions
    The Urbanization of America
    Gilded Age Politics
    America's Global Expansionism
    The Spanish-American War
   
Period 7 (1898-1945)

    The Emergent Twentieth Century
    The Progressive Era
    World War I
    America's Return to Normalcy
    The Roaring Twenties
    The Great Depression
    FDR's New Deal
    Global Chaos of the 1920s & 1930s
    World War II


Period 8 (1945-1980)

    The Fabulous Fifties
    The Cold War in the 1950s & 1960s
    The Stormy Sixties
    The Counterculture Era
    The Vietnam Conflict
    The Cold War in the 1970s & 1980s
    The Civil Rights Movement
Period 9 (1980-2001+)

    The Conservative Tide
    The New Millennium