Kaplan SAT Subject Test: U.S. History 2006-2007

• ISBN13: 9780743280037
• ISBN10: 0743280032
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Kaplan

Summary

Includes: *4 practice tests with detailed explanations *Expert review to prepare test takers for the U.S. History content they need to know *Effective strategies

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. xv
The Basics
About the SAT Subject Test: U.S. History	p. 3
Frequently Asked Questions on the SAT Subject Test	p. 3
Understanding the SAT Subject Test: U.S. History	p. 6
Strategies to Test Your Best	p. 9
Know the Directions	p. 9
Know the Format	p. 10
Skip the Difficult Questions; Come Back to Them Later	p. 10
Be a Good Guesser	p. 10
Be a Good Gridder	p. 11
Think About the Questions Before You Look at the Answers	p. 11
Pace Yourself	p. 12
Stress Management	p. 12
The Days Before the Test	p. 16
The Next Step	p. 18
Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test	p. 19
How to Take the Diagnostic Test	p. 20
How to Calculate Your Score	p. 21
Answer Key	p. 46
Answers and Explanations	p. 47
U.S. History Review
The Meeting of Three Peoples	p. 67
Timeline	p. 67
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 67
Introduction	p. 68
Native Peoples of the Americas on the Eve of Contact with Europeans	p. 68
Europe and the Background of Exploration	p. 69
Africa and the Slave Trade	p. 71
Results of Exploration	p. 72
Summary	p. 72
Review Questions	p. 73
Answers and Explanations	p. 74
The Colonial Period	p. 75
Timeline	p. 75
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 76
Introduction	p. 77
Early Colonial Settlements	p. 78
Southern Colonies	p. 79
New England Colonies	p. 82
New England and Colonial Unity	p. 83
The Middle Colonies	p. 84
Summary	p. 86
Review Questions	p. 87
Answers and Explanations	p. 88
Colonial Society in the 1700s	p. 89
Timeline	p. 89
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 89
Introduction	p. 90
Colonial Society by 1750	p. 90
The French and Indian War (1754-1763)	p. 92
Summary	p. 94
Review Questions	p. 95
Answers and Explanations	p. 96
The American War for Independence	p. 97
Timeline	p. 97
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 98
Introduction	p. 98
Colonists Protest British Actions	p. 99
The War of Independence	p. 102
Summary	p. 103
Review Questions	p. 104
Answers and Explanations	p. 105
Experiments in Government	p. 107
Timeline	p. 107
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 107
Introduction	p. 108
The Articles of Confederation	p. 108
The Writing of the Constitution	p. 109
Summary	p. 112
Review Questions	p. 113
Answers and Explanations	p. 114
The Federalist Era	p. 115
Timeline	p. 115
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 116
Introduction	p. 116
Washington's Administration (1789-1797)	p. 116
The Administration of John Adams (1797-1801)	p. 120
Summary	p. 121
Review Questions	p. 122
Answers and Explanations	p. 123
The Republicans in Power, 1800-1824	p. 125
Timeline	p. 125
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 126
Introduction	p. 126
Jefferson's Administration (1801-1809)	p. 126
The War of 1812	p. 128
The Era of Good Feeling	p. 129
The Monroe Doctrine	p. 130
The Missouri Compromise	p. 131
Summary	p. 131
Review Questions	p. 132
Answers and Explanations	p. 133
Jacksonian Democracy, 1824-1836	p. 135
Timeline	p. 135
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 135
Introduction	p. 136
Election of 1824	p. 136
Election of 1828	p. 136
Indian Removal	p. 137
Bank War	p. 137
Nullification and Slavery	p. 138
Summary	p. 138
Review Questions	p. 139
Answers and Explanations	p. 140
Growth, Slavery, and Reform, 1800-1850	p. 141
Timeline	p. 141
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 142
Introduction	p. 142
Growth	p. 142
Slavery	p. 143
Reform	p. 144
Literature	p. 145
Summary	p. 145
Review Questions	p. 147
Answers and Explanations	p. 148
Expansion, Conflict, and Compromise, 1820-1850	p. 149
Timeline	p. 149
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 150
Introduction	p. 150
The Roots of Conflict	p. 150
Expansion	p. 151
The Compromise of 1850	p. 152
Summary	p. 153
Review Questions	p. 154
Answers and Explanations	p. 155
Slavery and the Road to Disunion, 1850-1861	p. 157
Timeline	p. 157
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 158
Introduction	p. 158
Conflicts Over Slavery	p. 158
Lincoln and Secession	p. 160
Summary	p. 161
Review Questions	p. 162
Answers and Explanations	p. 163
The Civil War, 1861-1865	p. 165
Timeline	p. 165
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 166
Introduction	p. 166
The Beginning of War	p. 166
Secession	p. 167
The Balance of Forces	p. 167
The War	p. 168
Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery and War	p. 169
Summary	p. 169
Review Questions	p. 170
Answers and Explanations	p. 172
Reconstruction and Its Aftermath, 1865-1896	p. 173
Timeline	p. 173
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 174
Introduction	p. 174
Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1867)	p. 174
Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction (1867-1877)	p. 175
The Post-Reconstruction South (1877-1896)	p. 178
Summary	p. 178
Review Questions	p. 180
Answers and Explanations	p. 181
The Closing of the Frontier, 1876-1900	p. 183
Timeline	p. 183
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 183
Introduction	p. 184
Moving West	p. 184
The Transformation of the West	p. 185
The Removal of Native Americans	p. 186
Summary	p. 188
Review Questions	p. 189
Answers and Explanations	p. 190
Industry, Big Business, and Labor Unions, 1865-1900	p. 191
Timeline	p. 191
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 192
Introduction	p. 192
New Technologies	p. 192
The Rise of Big Business	p. 194
Labor Conflicts (1877-1914)	p. 195
Industry and the South	p. 197
Summary	p. 197
Review Questions	p. 199
Answers and Explanations	p. 200
Society and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900	p. 201
Timeline	p. 201
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 202
Introduction	p. 202
Urbanization	p. 202
The Impact of Inventions	p. 204
The Changing American Society	p. 205
Summary	p. 207
Review Questions	p. 208
Answers and Explanations	p. 209
Politics of the Gilded Age, 1877-1900	p. 211
Timeline	p. 211
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 211
Introduction	p. 212
National Politics	p. 212
Unrest Among Farmers (1867-1896)	p. 213
Summary	p. 215
Review Questions	p. 216
Answers and Explanations	p. 217
Imperialism, 1880-1914	p. 219
Timeline	p. 219
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 220
Introduction	p. 220
Causes of American Imperialism	p. 220
The United States as an Imperialist Power	p. 221
Summary	p. 224
Review Questions	p. 225
Answers and Explanations	p. 226
The Progressive Era, 1900-1920	p. 227
Timeline	p. 227
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 228
Introduction	p. 228
Background and Influences	p. 228
Progressive Reformers	p. 229
Progressive Issues	p. 229
Progressive Presidents	p. 231
African Americans in Progressive Era	p. 232
Summary	p. 232
Review Questions	p. 233
Answers and Explanations	p. 234
The United States and World War I, 1914-1920	p. 235
Timeline	p. 235
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 236
Introduction	p. 236
The World at War	p. 236
The United States Remains Neutral	p. 237
"Over There": The United States at War	p. 238
Wilson, Peace, and the League of Nations	p. 238
Summary	p. 239
Review Questions	p. 240
Answers and Explanations	p. 242
Tradition and Change in the 1920s	p. 243
Timeline	p. 243
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 244
Introduction	p. 244
Politics: The Return to Normalcy	p. 245
Economic Conditions	p. 246
Society in the 1920s	p. 248
Tradition and Reaction	p. 249
Culture of the 1920s	p. 251
Summary	p. 252
Review Questions	p. 253
Answers and Explanations	p. 254
The Crash, the Depression, and the New Deal	p. 255
Timeline	p. 255
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 256
Introduction	p. 256
Causes of the Depression	p. 256
Hoover's Response to the Crisis	p. 257
Roosevelt's New Deal	p. 258
Reaction to the New Deal	p. 259
Summary	p. 260
Review Questions	p. 261
Answers and Explanations	p. 262
Politics and Society in the 1930s	p. 263
Timeline	p. 263
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 263
Introduction	p. 264
Growth in the 1930s	p. 264
Political Developments of the 1930s	p. 265
Culture of the 1930s	p. 266
The Depression and Social Groups	p. 266
Summary	p. 268
Review Questions	p. 269
Answers and Explanations	p. 270
World War II: From Neutrality to Hiroshima, 1936-1945	p. 271
Timeline	p. 271
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 272
Introduction	p. 272
The Winds of War in Europe	p. 273
The U.S. Response to Pearl Harbor	p. 273
The Home Front	p. 275
The United States at War in Europe	p. 275
The United States at War in the Pacific	p. 276
Summary	p. 277
Review Questions	p. 277
Answers and Explanations	p. 278
The Cold War, 1945-1963	p. 279
Timeline	p. 279
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 280
Introduction	p. 280
Agreements During World War II (1943-1945)	p. 281
Soviet Satellites in Eastern Europe	p. 282
The Arms Race	p. 284
Other Global Signs of the Cold War	p. 286
Summary	p. 287
Review Questions	p. 288
Answers and Explanations	p. 289
Affluence and Conservatism, 1946-1960	p. 291
Timeline	p. 291
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 292
Introduction	p. 292
Political Developments	p. 292
Economic Growth	p. 294
Social Trends in the 1950s	p. 295
1950s Culture	p. 296
Summary	p. 297
Review Questions	p. 298
Answers and Explanations	p. 299
The Kennedy and Johnson Years	p. 301
Timeline	p. 301
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 302
Introduction	p. 302
The Kennedy Administration (1961-1963)	p. 302
The Johnson Administration (1963-1969)	p. 304
Summary	p. 306
Review Questions	p. 307
Answers and Explanations	p. 308
The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968	p. 309
Timeline	p. 309
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 310
Introduction	p. 311
Roots of the Civil Rights Movement	p. 311
Martin Luther King Jr	p. 312
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee	p. 313
Violence	p. 314
Role of Government	p. 315
Summary	p. 315
Review Questions	p. 317
Answers and Explanations	p. 318
The Vietnam War, 1954-1975	p. 319
Timeline	p. 319
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 320
Introduction	p. 320
The Growing American Involvement in Vietnam	p. 321
The War	p. 322
The Growing Antiwar Protest	p. 323
Nixon and the War	p. 324
The End of the War	p. 325
Results	p. 325
Summary	p. 326
Review Questions	p. 327
Answers and Explanations	p. 328
Cultural and Social Change in the 1960s	p. 329
Timeline	p. 329
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 330
Introduction	p. 330
The Political Activists	p. 330
Political Organizations	p. 331
Currents in History Writing	p. 333
Music	p. 333
Hippies	p. 334
Summary	p. 335
Review Questions	p. 336
Answers and Explanations	p. 337
Politics and Society, 1968-1980	p. 339
Timeline	p. 339
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 340
Introduction	p. 340
Social Issues	p. 340
Feminism	p. 341
The Environment	p. 342
The Economy	p. 342
Foreign Affairs	p. 342
The Watergate Scandal	p. 343
The Carter Administration	p. 344
Summary	p. 344
Review Questions	p. 346
Answers and Explanations	p. 348
The Triumph of Conservatism, 1980-1992	p. 349
Timeline	p. 349
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 350
Introduction	p. 350
Election of 1980	p. 350
Domestic Affairs	p. 351
Foreign Policy	p. 352
The Iran-Contra Affair	p. 352
Election of 1988	p. 353
The First Bush Presidency	p. 353
Summary	p. 354
Review Questions	p. 355
Answers and Explanations	p. 356
America at the Turn of the Century	p. 357
Timeline	p. 357
Important People, Places, Events, and Concepts	p. 358
Introduction	p. 358
Clinton as President	p. 358
The Contested Election of 2000	p. 361
The Global Economy	p. 362
Multiculturalism	p. 363
Ecological Challenges at the Dawn of a New Century	p. 363
Terrorism in the 21st Century	p. 363
Summary	p. 364
Review Questions	p. 365
Answers and Explanations	p. 366
Practice Tests
How to Take the Practice Tests	p. 368
How to Calculate Your Score	p. 369
Practice Test 1	p. 371
Answer Key	p. 392
Answers and Explanations	p. 393
Practice Test 2	p. 411
Answer Key	p. 432
Answers and Explanations	p. 433
Practice Test 3	p. 453
Answer Key	p. 478
Answers and Explanations	p. 479
Glossary	p. 495
Index	p. 503
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