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originally streamed in 2020 with Lee Gaines & Austin BecksvoortStudents
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Get your APUSH questions answered in this live Q&A study session with Lee and Austin. Learn about DBQ and LEQ writing strategies, review high-yield topics from all time periods, and get exam prep tips for AP US History. This session helps you streng ...more

curriculum note

This video was recorded during the 2020–2021 at-home AP exam period and references digital submission, uploading essays, and at-home exam rules that no longer apply. The current AP US History exam is in-person, so exam logistics advice may be outdated.

covered in this stream

units
Unit 4 – American Expansion, 1800–1848Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898Unit 7 – Conflict in the Early 20th Century, 1890–1945Unit 3 – Conflict and American Independence, 1754–1800
topics
4.10 The Second Great Awakening4.11 An Age of Reform4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson4.8 Jackson and Federal Power5.4 The Compromise of 18505.5 Sectional Conflict5.6 Failure of Compromise5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession6.7 Labor in the Gilded Age7.2 Imperialism7.3 The Spanish-American War7.4 The Progressives7.5 World War I7.7 1920s7.9 The Great Depression7.12 World War II7.13 World War II

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Q&A Session

  • 1:10

    Introductions and Schedule

  • 2:13

    Digital Notes Rules

  • 3:15

    High Yield Topics

  • 4:51

    Palmer Raids and Harpers Ferry

  • 7:28

    Garrison and Bleeding Kansas

  • 8:58

    Periods Not Tested

  • 10:02

    War of 1812 and Quasi War

  • 13:44

    Wilson's 14 Points

  • 15:15

    Outside Information Tips

  • 17:52

    Famous Reform Movements

  • 21:34

    Religious Reforms

  • 23:07

    APUSH Themes in DBQ

  • 24:39

    WW1 and WW2 Policies

  • 28:16

    Homestead Strike and AFL

  • 30:56

    Great Awakenings Differences

  • 34:02

    American Imperialism Effects

  • 38:43

    Bracero, Tuskegee, Spanish Flu

  • 42:26

    Continuity and Change Examples

  • 46:09

    Dollar and Big Stick Diplomacy

  • 48:11

    Period 4 Political Parties

  • 55:26

    Scopes Monkey Trial

  • 57:30

    Important Supreme Court Trials

  • 1:00:05

    Neutrality Acts

  • 1:02:14

    16th and 17th Amendments

  • 1:03:54

    McCulloch and Marbury Cases

  • 1:05:25

    Cram Session Details

  • 1:06:58

    DBQ Timing Advice

  • 1:08:29

    Predicting DBQ Topics

  • 1:09:32

    Session Wrap-Up

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