APUSH · Reading Schedule

AMSCO 4th ed, period by period.

A year-long pacing guide. For each CollegeBoard period, you get the AMSCO page range to read and the matching topic landing on this site. Read AMSCO first for the broad story, then open the matching period page here for study notes, key terms, and exam-focus tips.

Period 1
1491–1607
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 1
pp. 1–31  ·  31 pages
Topics 1.1–1.7  ·  7 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 1 →

  • 1.1 Native American Societies
  • 1.2 European Exploration
  • 1.3 Columbian Exchange
  • 1.4 Spanish Colonial Labor & the Casta System
  • 1.5 Indigenous Resistance & Adaptation
  • 1.6 Mestizaje, Syncretism & Atlantic Cultures
Period 2
1607–1754
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 2
pp. 32–83  ·  52 pages
Topics 2.1–2.8  ·  8 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 2 →

  • 2.1 European Colonization
  • 2.2 The Regions of British Colonies
  • 2.3 Slavery, Resistance & Cultural Exchange
  • 2.4 Mercantilism & the Atlantic Trade System
  • 2.5 Colonial Governance & the Glorious Revolution
  • 2.6 The Great Awakening & Enlightenment
Period 3
1754–1800
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 3
pp. 84–162  ·  79 pages
Topics 3.1–3.13  ·  13 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 3 →

  • 3.1 Seven Years’ War & Imperial Crisis
  • 3.2 The American Revolution
  • 3.3 Building a Republic
  • 3.4 Foreign Policy of the Early Republic
  • 3.5 Birth of the Two-Party System
  • 3.6 Society & Culture in the New Nation
Period 4
1800–1848
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 4
pp. 163–259  ·  97 pages
Topics 4.1–4.14  ·  14 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 4 →

  • 4.1 Jeffersonian Republic & Market Revolution
  • 4.2 Jacksonian Democracy & Sectional Tensions
  • 4.3 Reform Movements & Cultural Change
  • 4.4 War of 1812 & Era of Good Feelings
  • 4.5 Slavery, Cotton South & Enslaved Life
  • 4.6 Indigenous Removal & the Frontier Republic
Period 5
1844–1877
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 5
pp. 260–345  ·  86 pages
Topics 5.1–5.12  ·  12 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 5 →

  • 5.1 Manifest Destiny & Sectional Crisis
  • 5.2 The Civil War
  • 5.3 Reconstruction
  • 5.4 Mexican-American War & Continental Expansion
  • 5.5 Antebellum Reform Movements
  • 5.6 Reconstruction Politics & Constitutional Revolution
Period 6
1865–1898
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 6
pp. 346–437  ·  92 pages
Topics 6.1–6.14  ·  14 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 6 →

  • 6.1 Industrialization, Big Business & the Gilded Age
  • 6.2 The West, Native Dispossession & Immigration
  • 6.3 Politics, Populism & Reform
  • 6.4 Industrial Inequality & the Labor Movement
  • 6.5 Spanish-American War & Birth of U.S. Empire
  • 6.6 Race, Gender & the Limits of Gilded Age Reform
Period 7
1890–1945
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 7
pp. 438–578  ·  141 pages
Topics 7.1–7.15  ·  15 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 7 →

  • 7.1 Imperialism, WWI & the 1920s
  • 7.2 Great Depression & the New Deal
  • 7.3 World War II
  • 7.4 The Progressive Era
  • 7.5 The Roaring Twenties & Cultural Conflict
  • 7.6 WWII Home Front
Period 8
1945–1980
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 8
pp. 579–691  ·  113 pages
Topics 8.1–8.15  ·  15 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 8 →

  • 8.1 The Cold War — Containment & Crisis
  • 8.2 Civil Rights & Liberation Struggles
  • 8.3 Postwar Society, Counterculture & Liberal Consensus
  • 8.4 Vietnam, Antiwar Movement & End of Consensus
  • 8.5 Counterculture, Women’s Movement & Gay Liberation
  • 8.6 Postwar Suburbanization & Economic Boom
Period 9
1980–present
AMSCO 4th ed
Unit 9
pp. 692–810  ·  119 pages
Topics 9.1–9.7  ·  7 CED topics
Then on this site

Open Period 9 →

  • 9.1 The Reagan Revolution & New Conservative Order
  • 9.2 Globalization, Demographic Shift & 9/11
  • 9.3 Polarization, the Internet & Trump–Biden Era
  • 9.4 Conservative Movement & Reagan Coalition
  • 9.5 Demographic Change & New Pluralism
  • 9.6 9/11, War on Terror & 2008 Crisis