Well, its that time of year across the country, High School Students are prepping for advanced placement exams. In various topics. And here on American History tv, were going to take a look at the 2023 advanced placement us history exam. Joining us jason stacy a history professor at Southern Illinois university in edwardsville and Matt Ellington, who teaches ap history at Iowa High School in chino hills, california. Mr. Ellington, if we could start with you. What exactly is the ap history exam . Well, good morning and thanks for having us on the ap us history exam is an end, of course exam. The test students knowledge and skills relating to u. S. To u. S. History is designed to be a test, and the course is designed as such to mimic a College Level course in terms of the content and the skills that students need to be able to succeed at a College Level. So its really a combination of a survey course that starts in 1491, which is the year before columbus comes all the way to the present,
Reconstruction, 1862 1920 with Manisha Sinha in conversation with John Stauffer, the American Antiquarian Society is located on the ancestral homelands of the nipmuc Tribal Community who remain an active presence here in central massachusetts. Tonights program is being recorded and will be available on our youtube page or channel following this program. And we are delighted to welcome both those of you who are with us tonight in antiquarian hall in worcester, massachusetts, and those of us who are joining us across the country and around the world on youtube. My name is scott casper. Im the president of the American Antiquarian Society. And tonights event is a special one for us because we are honored to help launch a brand new book published today by an author who has been part of the a community for many, many years. And i would note that her book has already today been reviewed in the New York Times. Indeed Manisha Sinha and her exemplify a us mission which is to cultivate a deeper
American antiquarian societys public program. The rise and fall of the second American Republic reconstruction, 1862 1920 with Manisha Sinha in conversation with John Stauffer, the American Antiquarian Society is located on the ancestral homelands of the nipmuc Tribal Community who remain an active presence here in central massachusetts. Tonights program is being recorded and will be available on our youtube page or channel following this program. And we are delighted to welcome both those of you who are with us tonight in antiquarian hall in worcester, massachusetts, and those of us who are joining us across the country and around the world on youtube. My name is scott casper. Im the president of the American Antiquarian Society. And tonights event is a special one for us because we are honored to help launch a brand new book published today by an author who has been part of the a community for many, many years. And i would note that her book has already today been reviewed in the New
Our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu Klux Klan, defined as the first
We welcome every one of you to our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu