--- title: "AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes" description: "AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes: 106 chapter & topic sets · PDFs + Word. Buy once and keep your files. Downloads are also included with a paid Fiveable membership." canonical: "https://fiveable.me/shop/apush-amsco-guided-notes" type: "shop" subject: "AP US History" lastUpdated: "2026-09-15" --- # AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes ## About this resource Work through your AMSCO reading with focused questions and space to explain key ideas. Choose a printable or editable format for independent study, homework, or classroom discussion. Suggested answers are included for checking understanding and adapting lessons. The textbook is sold separately. This is a packaged downloadable resource; a purchase does not grant subscription access or exclusive access to all related online content. ## Price and contents $24.00 USD. One-time purchase. 106 chapter & topic sets · PDFs + Word ## Included files - Student PDF with answer space - Compact student PDF - Editable student Word files (.docx) - Answer-key PDF - Editable answer-key Word files (.docx) - Combined student and answer-key PDFs ## Textbook compatibility AMSCO Advanced Placement U.S. History, 4th Edition. Textbook sold separately. ## Coverage ### Unit 0 - 0.1: Introduction ### Unit 1 - 1.1: Contextualizing Period 1 - 1.2: Native American Societies Before European Contact - 1.3: European Exploration in the Americas - 1.4: Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest - 1.5: Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System - 1.6: Cultural Interactions in the Americas - 1.7: Causation in Period 1 ### Unit 2 - 2.1: Contextualizing Period 2 - 2.2: European Colonization in North America - 2.3: The Regions of British Colonies - 2.4: Transatlantic Trade - 2.5: Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans - 2.6: Slavery in the British Colonies - 2.7: Colonial Society and Culture - 2.8: Comparisons in Period 2 ### Unit 3 - 3.1: Contextualizing Period 3 - 3.2: The Seven Years' War - 3.3: Taxation Without Representation - 3.4: Philosophical Foundations of the American 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 ### Unit 4 - 4.1: Contextualizing Period 4 - 4.2: The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson - 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests - 4.4: America on the World Stage - 4.5: Market Revolution - 4.6: Effects of the Market Revolution on Society and Culture - 4.7: Expanding Democracy - 4.8: Jackson and Federal Power - 4.9: The Development of an American Culture - 4.10: The Second Great Awakening - 4.11: An Age of Reform - 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic - 4.13: Southern Society in the Early Republic - 4.14: Causation in Period 4 ### Unit 5 - 5.1: Contextualizing Period 5 - 5.2: The Idea of Manifest Destiny - 5.3: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War - 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 - 5.5: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences - 5.6: Failure of Compromise - 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession - 5.8: Military Conflict in the Civil War - 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War - 5.10: Reconstruction - 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction - 5.12: Comparison in Period 5 ### Unit 6 - 6.1: Contextualizing Period 6 - 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: Role of Government in the Gilded Age - 6.13: Politics in the Gilded Age - 6.14: Continuity and Change Period 6 ### Unit 7 - 7.1: Contextualizing Period 7 - 7.2: Imperialism: Debates - 7.3: The Spanish-American War and U.S. Foreign Policy to 1917 - 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: World War II and Postwar Diplomacy - 7.15: Comparison in Period 7 ### Unit 8 - 8.1: Contextualizing Period 8 - 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, 1945-1960 - 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 in the 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 - 8.15: Continuity and Change in Period 8 ### Unit 9 - 9.1: Contextualizing Period 9 - 9.2: Reagan and Conservatism - 9.3: The End of the Cold War - 9.4: A Changing Economy - 9.5: Migration and Immigration in the 1990s and 2000s - 9.6: Challenges of the 21st Century - 9.7: Causation in Period 9 ## Preview and download [View samples and download options](/shop/apush-amsco-guided-notes) Version: 2026-09-15. 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