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Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Contextualizing Period 5

Explain the setting for 1844 to 1877, from Period 4's slavery fights and expansion to famine migration and world abolition, and write context that scores.

Topic 5.1 · 14 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01What Period 4 handed to Period 5
  2. 02The world around the United States, 1844 to 1877
  3. 03The three stories of the period
  4. 04How historians have framed the period
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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