AP United States History is a college level course that examines the political, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, social, and economic history of the US from 1491 to the present. In each unit, students will develop the following content driven skills: Crafting Historical Arguments from interpreted Historical Evidence, Chronological Reasoning and Causation, Comparison and Contextualization, and Historical Interpretation. The capstone of the class is the AP US History exam in May.