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History of the Americas

Master IB History History of the Americas with notes created by examiners and strictly aligned with the syllabus.

HL2.1
Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500)HL

Political organization, Warfare, Tribute and exchange, Religion, Language, Science and arts

HL2.10
Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880–1929)HL

US expansionism, Spanish–American War, presidential diplomacy, First World War, hemispheric power

HL2.11
The Mexican Revolution (1884–1940)HL

Porfirian rule, revolutionary leaders, 1917 Constitution, post-revolutionary state, Cárdenas, foreign intervention, cultural and social impact

HL2.12
The Great Depression and the Americas (mid 1920s–1939)HL

Causes, Hoover and Roosevelt, Canadian responses, Latin American change, society and culture

HL2.13
The Second World War and the Americas (1933–1945)HL

Inter-American diplomacy, wartime participation, social change, internment, atomic weapons, economic and diplomatic effects

HL2.14
Political developments in Latin America (1945–1980)HL

Cuban Revolution, Castro, populism, democratic breakdown, military rule, guerrillas, liberation theology

HL2.15
Political developments in the United States (1945–1980) and Canada (1945–1982)HL

Post-war reform, welfare states, party realignment, Watergate, Canadian federalism, Quebec nationalism

HL2.16
The Cold War and the Americas (1945–1981)HL

Containment, McCarthyism, Korea, New Look, Vietnam, inter-American policy, Cuba

HL2.17
Civil rights and social movements in the Americas post‑1945HL

Indigenous rights, African American civil rights, feminism, Hispanic American activism, youth protest, counter-culture

HL2.18
The Americas (1980–2005)HL

Domestic policy, foreign policy, democratization, social movements, regional cooperation, terrorism

HL2.2
European explorations and conquests in the Americas (c1492–c1600)HL

Atlantic exploration, indigenous resistance, Spanish conquest, colonial economies, cultural exchange, European rivalries

HL2.3
Colonial government in the New World (1500–1800)HL

Imperial administration, colonial economies, reform, resistance, Anglo-French rivalry

HL2.4
Religion in the New World (1500–1800)HL

Catholic missions, religious orders, indigenous resistance, syncretism, colonial toleration, Great Awakening, New France

HL2.5
Slavery and the New World (1500–1800)HL

Atlantic slavery, Colonial expansion, Plantation societies, Resistance, Abolitionism

HL2.6
Independence movements (1763–1830)HL

Revolutionary causes, independence leaders, military campaigns, Monroe Doctrine, economic and social consequences

HL2.7
Nation-building and challenges (c1780–c1870)HL

Constitution-making, caudillismo, interstate war, rebellion, federalism, regionalism

HL2.8
US Civil War: causes, course and effects (1840–1877)HL

Slavery, Sectional conflict, Secession, Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction

HL2.9
The development of modern nations (1865–1929)HL

Railroads and modernization, migration, ideologies, social change, political leadership, African American experience