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"54° 40' or fight!"
"Custer's Last Stand"
"Easy" Money
"How the Other Half Lives"
"I Have a Dream" speech
"No Taxation Without Representation"
"Old Immigrants"
"On the Road"
"Open Door" Trade
"Remember the Ladies" letter
"Return to Normalcy"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" policy
"tear down this wall"
"The Jungle"
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
'60s
'63
'70s
10% Plan
13 British colonies
13 Colonies
13th Amendment
1491
1492
14th Amendment
14th and 15th Amendments
1500-1750 period
15th Amendment
15th and 16th Centuries
15th Century
160 Acres
1600s
1607
1619 arrival of Africans
1619 Slave Trade
1620
1630s
1632
1661
16th Amendment
16th and 17th centuries
1730s and 1740s
1730s-1740s
1765
1775 Dunmore's Proclamation
1776
1787
1787 Constitutional Convention
1790
1791
1798
17th Amendment
17th century
1800s
1820
1820s and 1830s
1824 presidential election
1828
1830s and 1840s
1831
1840s
1846
1848
1859
1860
1860 election
1860 presidential election
1862
1867
1872
1882
1887
1890
1890 to 1945
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history
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social science
✊🏿 ap african american studies🗳️ ap comparative government🚜 ap human geography💶 ap macroeconomics🤑 ap microeconomics🧠 ap psychology👩🏾‍⚖️ ap us government
english & capstone
✍🏽 ap english language📚 ap english literature🔍 ap research💬 ap seminar
arts
🎨 ap art & design🖼️ ap art history🎵 ap music theory
science
🧬 ap biology🧪 ap chemistry♻️ ap environmental science🎡 ap physics 1🧲 ap physics 2💡 ap physics c: e&m⚙️ ap physics c: mechanics
math & computer science
🧮 ap calculus ab♾️ ap calculus bc📊 ap statistics💻 ap computer science a⌨️ ap computer science p
world languages
🇨🇳 ap chinese🇫🇷 ap french🇩🇪 ap german🇮🇹 ap italian🇯🇵 ap japanese🏛️ ap latin🇪🇸 ap spanish language💃🏽 ap spanish literature

go beyond AP

high school exams
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honors classes
🍬 honors algebra II🐇 honors biology👩🏽‍🔬 honors chemistry💲 honors economics⚾️ honors physics📏 honors pre-calculus📊 honors statistics🗳️ honors us government🇺🇸 honors us history🌎 honors world history
college classes
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