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APUSH Period 7 Review (1898-1945)

6 min read•july 11, 2024

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In AP® US History, period 7 spans from 1898 to 1945 CE. The following guide will be updated periodically with hyperlinks to excellent resources. As you are reviewing for this era, focus on the key concepts and use the essential questions to guide you.

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PERIOD 7 DATES TO KNOW

🎥Live Stream Replay - Period 7 Review

STUDY TIP: You will never be asked specifically to identify a date. However, knowing the order of events will help immensely with cause and effect. For this reason, we have identified the most important dates to know.

1898 - Annexation of Hawaii

1898 - Spanish American War

1903 - Wright Brothers

1917 - US enters WWI

1920 - Women’s Suffrage

1920s - Red Scare

1920s - Prohibition

1929 - Stock Market Crash

1932 - Bonus Army

1935 - Social Security Act

1939 - WWII starts in Europe

1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

1944 - D-Day

1945 - Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

PERIOD 7 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

STUDY TIP: Use the following essential questions to guide your review of this entire unit. Keep in mind, these are not meant to be practice essay questions. Each question was written to help you summarize the key concept.

What were the goals and achievements of the Progressive Era?
How did the growth of mass culture affect US society?
In what ways did the global conflicts of the early 20th century affect the United States?

🧭 Study Guide: Contextualization to Period Seven

Past Essay Questions from Period 7

STUDY TIP: Content from the this era has appeared on the essays twenty times since 2000. Take a look at these questions before you review the key concepts & vocabulary below to get a sense of how you will be assessed. Then, come back to these later and practice writing as many as you can!

*The APUSH exam was significantly revised in 2015, so any questions from before then are not representative of the current exam format. You can still use prior questions to practice, however DBQs will have more than 7 documents, the LEQ prompts are worded differently, and the rubrics are completely different. Use questions from 2002-2014 with caution. Essays from 1973-1999 available here.

2018 - SAQ 2: Progressive Era

2017 - SAQ 2: Effect of WWII on society

2017 - LEQ 3: 19th amendment

2016 - LEQ 3: WWI and US foreign policy

2015 - SAQ 2: Environmental policies

2014 - DBQ: US Foreign policy 1918-1953

2012 - LEQ 3: Cultural conflicts of the 1920s

2011 - LEQ 4: Opposition to Immigration

2011 - LEQ 5: African American leadership

2010 - LEQ 4: Progressive women

2009 - LEQ 5: WWII at home

2008 - LEQ 5: Shift of political parties

2007 - LEQ 4: Teddy Roosevelt

2006 - LEQ 4: Progressive reforms

2004 - LEQ 4: Progressive reforms vs. New Deal

2003 - DBQ: New Deal effectiveness

2003 - LEQ 5: United States society

2002 - LEQ 4: Foreign policy after WWI & WWII

2001 - LEQ 5: Rise of Nativism

2000 - LEQ 4: Objectives of WWI

PERIOD 7 KEY CONCEPTS - COURSE OUTLINE

*The following outline was adapted from the AP® United States History Course Description as published by College Board in 2019 found here. This outline reflects the most recent revisions to the course.

7.1. Reforms in US Society

🎥Live Stream Replay - Progressive Amendments

🎥Live Stream Replay - The Great Depression & the New Deal

The US continued to transition from rural to urban economies led by large corporations.
1. New technology increased production of consumer goods.
2. Most Americans lived in cities by 1920, which had more opportunities.
3. The Great Depression forced calls for more financial regulation.
Progressive activists called for reforms to combat political corruption and instability.
1. ☮️ Study Guide: Progressivism
2. Journalists investigated inequality and injustice (muckrakers).
3. Activists fought for federal legislation to expand rights (prohibition, suffrage).
4. Environmentalists sought to protect natural resources.
5. Progressive activists disagreed on racial justice and immigration restrictions.
Legislation was enacted in the 1930s to recover and reform the economy while providing relief for mass unemployment and financial crises.
1. Roosevelt enacted New Deal policies in an attempt to end the Great Depression.
2. Progressive activists pushed FDR to do more while conservatives pushed for less.
3. The New Deal did not end the Great Depression, but it left a legacy of reforms and align many groups with the Democratic Party.

7.2. Growth of Mass Culture

🎥Live Stream Replay - Black Leaders Under Jim Crow

🎥Live Stream Replay - The Roaring 20s

⚡️Study Guide - Innovations of the 1920s

Popular culture influenced and connected more people.
1. New mass media (radio, cinema) spread national culture and connected regions.
2. Migrations sparked new forms of art and literature
3. Fear of communism during World War I led to restrictions on speech.
4. Controversies over gender, science, religion, race, and immigration.
Migration patterns were influenced by global conflict.
1. After WWI, immigration quotas were passed that favored white migrants.
2. Americans migrated to cities for economic opportunities during war.
3. Black men and women migrated north and west to escape violence in the south.
4. Migration to the US from Mexico increased.

7.3. Global Conflicts

🎥Live Stream Replay - World War I

🎥Live Stream Replay - World War II

The US participated in imperialism ventures around the world, which sparked debates.
1. The argument for imperialism cited opportunities, racist ideologies, and competition.
2. The argument against imperialism cited self-determination and isolationism.
3. Victory in the Spanish-American war gave the US lands in the Caribbean and Pacific.
World War I intensified debates about the role of the US in the world.
1. The US eventually joined WWI, reversing neutrality policy.
2. US forces in WWI tipped the balance in the favor of the Allies.
3. Neither the Treaty of Versailles or the League of Nations were ratified by the senate.
4. After WWI, the US pursued foreign policy using investment, treaties, and intervention.
5. During the 1930s, most Americans opposed actions against Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan, until after the attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the US into WWII.
WWII transformed American society and resulted in the US as a global superpower.
1. Americans saw the war as defending freedom.
2. Wartime mobilization helped end the Great Depression.
3. Women and minorities had more opportunities for mobility and work during the war.
4. The Allies won WWII because of technology, cooperation, and military strategy.
5. With Asia and Europe ravaged from the war, the US emerged as the most powerful.

LIST OF CONCEPTS & VOCABULARY FROM PERIOD 7

STUDY TIP: These are the concepts and vocabulary from period 7 that most commonly appear on the exam. Create a quizlet deck to make sure you are familiar with these terms!

Deep breath. This one of the most vocab heavy units.