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Library AP United States History (APUSH) Unit 9: Period 9: Contemporary America (1980–Present)
⁂   AP United States History (APUSH) · Unit 9

9. Period 9: Contemporary America (1980–Present)

4–6% of the AP exam. Key topics: Reagan Revolution: supply-side economics, deregulation, Cold War escalation, End of the Cold War: Gorbachev, fall of Berlin Wall, Soviet dissolution, Culture wars: religious right, Moral Majority, social conservatism, Clinton era: economic boom, NAFTA, welfare reform, impeachment, 9/11 and the War on Terror: Afghanistan, Iraq War, PATRIOT Act, homeland security, Globalization: outsourcing, immigration debates, economic inequality, Obama era: Affordable Care Act, economic recovery, demographic change, Digital revolution and its social and political implications.

4–6% exam weight standard track

Unit 9: Period 9: Contemporary America (1980–Present)

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Topics in this unit

  • Reagan Revolution: supply-side economics, deregulation, Cold War escalation
  • End of the Cold War: Gorbachev, fall of Berlin Wall, Soviet dissolution
  • Culture wars: religious right, Moral Majority, social conservatism
  • Clinton era: economic boom, NAFTA, welfare reform, impeachment
  • 9/11 and the War on Terror: Afghanistan, Iraq War, PATRIOT Act, homeland security
  • Globalization: outsourcing, immigration debates, economic inequality
  • Obama era: Affordable Care Act, economic recovery, demographic change
  • Digital revolution and its social and political implications