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APUSH

COURSE/UNIT THEMES: MAGPIES

Migration and Settlement:


• What caused migration to colonial North America and, later the United States, and how has
immigration affected U.S. society?

• What were the causes of internal migration and patterns of settlement in what would become
the United States, and how has migration affected American life?

America in the World:


• How have cultural interaction, cooperation, competition, and conflict between empires, nations,
and peoples influenced political, economic, and social developments in North America?

• What were the reasons for and results of U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives in
North America and overseas?

Geography and Environment:


• How have geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of various
communities?

• How have competition for and debates over natural resources affected both interactions
among different groups and the development of government policies?

Politics and Power


• How and why have political ideas, beliefs, institutions, party systems, and alignments
developed and changed?

• How have popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups sought to change American
society and institutions?

• How have different beliefs about the federal government's role in U.S. social and economic life
affected political debates and policies?
Identity: American and National (NAT)
• How have ideas about democracy, freedom, and individualism found expression in the
development of cultural values, political institutions, and American identity?

• How have interpretations of the Constitution and debates over rights, liberties, and definitions
of citizenship affected American values, politics, and society?

• How have ideas about national identity changed in response to U.S. involvement in
international conflicts and the growth of the United States?

• How have relationships among different regional, social, ethnic, and racial groups developed,
and how have these groups' experiences related to national identity?

Economy (Work, Exchange, and Technology)


• How have different labor systems developed in North America and the United States, and how
have these systems affected workers' lives and U.S. Society?

• How have patterns of exchange, markets, and private enterprise developed, and in what ways
have governments responded to economic issues?

• How has technological innovation affected economic development and society?

Society and Culture (CUL):


• How have religious groups and ideas affected American society and political life?

• How have artistic, philosophical, and scientific ideas developed and shaped society and
institutions?

• How have ideas about women's rights and gender roles affected society and politics?

• How have different group identities, including racial, ethnic, class, and regional identities,
emerged and changed over time?

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