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Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

Contextualizing Period 8

Explain the setting for 1945 to 1980, from wartime victory and the Soviet rivalry to postwar affluence, and write context paragraphs that earn the point.

Topic 8.1 · 13 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01What 1945 inherited from Period 7
  2. 02The world around the United States, 1945 to 1980
  3. 03The three stories of Period 8
  4. 04How historians have framed the period
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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