The whole course, in nine pieces.
Every chapter of the textbook, broken into a summary, the vocabulary, a timeline, an ordering game and real practice quizzes. Free, and organised the way the exam is.
Where the exam actually spends its time
Each block is sized by that period's share of the exam. Six of the nine carry most of it.
- P1 · 4–6% New World Beginnings 1491–1607 3 chapters
- P2 · 6–8% Colonial Society Takes Shape 1607–1754 2 chapters
- P3 · 10–17% Revolution & a New Republic 1754–1800 5 chapters
- P4 · 10–17% The Young Republic Expands 1800–1848 7 chapters
- P5 · 10–17% Civil War & Reconstruction 1844–1877 5 chapters
- P6 · 13–17% The Gilded Age 1865–1898 4 chapters
- P7 · 13–17% Boom, Bust, and Global War 1890–1945 9 chapters
- P8 · 13–17% Postwar America and the Cold War 1945–1980 4 chapters
- P9 · 4–6% The Contemporary Era 1980–present 3 chapters
Segment width = that period's share of the AP exam, using the College Board's published weightings.
What you get for every chapter
The same set of tools on all 42 chapters, so you never have to hunt for where something lives.
- Read
Chapter summary
The chapter broken into its sections, with the maps and images that go with them.
- Review
Vocabulary
The terms and definitions for the chapter, as a glossary you can read straight through.
- Sequence
Timeline
The chapter's events in order, each one opening to a fuller explanation.
- Practise
Ordering game
Drag the events into chronological order. It needs a mouse — the drag interaction doesn't work on a touchscreen yet.
- Test
Chapter quiz
The textbook's own chapter quiz, with an instant-feedback mode and a graded classic mode.
- Test
Extra quiz
A second, longer question set on the chapters that have one — 40 of the 42 do.
Nine periods, 42 chapters
Every period below is written and live. Start anywhere.
New World Beginnings
1491–1607Chapters 1–3 · 3 chapters
4–6% of the exam Open → Period 2Colonial Society Takes Shape
1607–1754Chapters 4–5 · 2 chapters
6–8% of the exam Open → Period 3Revolution & a New Republic
1754–1800Chapters 6–10 · 5 chapters
10–17% of the exam Open → Period 4The Young Republic Expands
1800–1848Chapters 11–17 · 7 chapters
10–17% of the exam Open → Period 5Civil War & Reconstruction
1844–1877Chapters 18–22 · 5 chapters
10–17% of the exam Open → Period 6The Gilded Age
1865–1898Chapters 23–26 · 4 chapters
13–17% of the exam Open → Period 7Boom, Bust, and Global War
1890–1945Chapters 27–35 · 9 chapters
13–17% of the exam Open → Period 8Postwar America and the Cold War
1945–1980Chapters 36–39 · 4 chapters
13–17% of the exam Open → Period 9The Contemporary Era
1980–presentChapters 40–42 · 3 chapters
4–6% of the exam Open →For teachers and schools
APUSHfive is a free revision companion to the American Pageant (16th edition) and the College Board's AP U.S. History course framework. It is an independent student project — not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the College Board or the textbook's publisher.
What it costs
Nothing. There is no payment processor on this site and no card is ever collected.
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Using it in class
Chapter pages carry a print stylesheet. Each chapter quiz has a classic mode that withholds answers until submission. Questions: [email protected].
Built by students, for students
APUSHfive was co-founded by former Grand Blanc APUSH students Joshua Tewolde and John Tewolde — both of whom scored a 5 on the AP U.S. History exam — as a free companion to the American Pageant (16th edition) textbook and the official College Board curriculum. It's a work in progress: chapters are still being revised and added.