Peterson's AP U.S. History

by Moran, Margaret C.; Holder, W. Frances

• ISBN13: 9780768918243
• ISBN10: 0768918243
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-22
• Publisher: Arco (Peterson's)

Summary

Offers advice and strategies on studying for the U.S. history advanced placement test, and includes sample test questions and answers.

Table of Contents

Red Alert	p. 1
10 Strategies for Acing the Exam	p. 1
10 Facts About the AP U.S. History Exam	p. 3
Scoring High on the AP U.S. History Exam	p. 6
Study Plan for the AP U.S. History Exam	p. 9
The Panic Plan	p. 13
Why Take the Diagnostic Test?	p. 15
Diagnostic Test	p. 17
Answer Sheet	p. 19
	p. 21
	p. 34
Answers and Explanations	p. 39
Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions	p. 63
Practice Plan	p. 63
Basic Information	p. 63
Attacking the Questions: Practical Advice	p. 65
Practicing	p. 66
	p. 67
Answers and Explanations	p. 69
	p. 71
Answers and Explanations	p. 73
	p. 74
Answers and Explanations	p. 76
About Writing a "9" Essay	p. 79
Practice Plan	p. 79
Basic Information About Section II	p. 80
Good Writing	p. 81
Planning and Writing Each Essay: Practical Advice	p. 83
Writing the DBQ Essay	p. 85
Defining the DBQ	p. 85
The Game Plan	p. 87
Writing the Free Response Essays	p. 95
Defining the Free Response Questions	p. 95
The Game Plan	p. 96
Practical Advice	p. 96
Free Response Essays	p. 97
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part B	p. 98
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part C	p. 102
Reviewing the Colonial Period to 1789	p. 109
Discovery, Settlement, and Expansion, 1492-1754	p. 109
Colonial Society Around 1750	p. 119
The Move to Independence, 1754-1776	p. 124
The American Revolution, 1775-1783	p. 130
Drafting the Constitution	p. 135
The Constitution and Important Supreme Court Cases	p. 139
The United States Constitution	p. 139
Twelve Important Supreme Court Decisions	p. 144
Some Additional Supreme Court Cases With Impact on Historical Events	p. 151
Reviewing the New Nation to Mid-Century	p. 153
The New Nation, 1789-1800	p. 153
The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816	p. 160
Nationalism: Prosperity and Change	p. 164
Sectionalism	p. 170
The Age of Jackson, 1828-1848	p. 174
A Changing Society and an Emerging Culture	p. 178
Reviewing the Events Leading to the Civil War and Its Aftermath	p. 185
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis	p. 185
Prelude to the Civil War	p. 189
The Civil War	p. 193
Reconstruction	p. 199
Becoming an Urban and Industrial World Power	p. 207
The New South	p. 207
The Last Frontier	p. 210
Industry, Labor, and Big Business	p. 214
Urban Society	p. 218
Intellectual and Cultural Movements	p. 221
The Gilded Age	p. 223
The Nation Abroad, 1865-1914	p. 227
The Progressive Era	p. 231
Reviewing the Twentieth Century: 1915 to the Present	p. 237
Wilson and World War I	p. 237
The 1920s	p. 241
The Great Depression	p. 244
The New Deal	p. 246
Diplomacy in the 1920s and 1930s	p. 252
World War II	p. 255
Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War	p. 259
The Eisenhower Years	p. 264
The Kennedy/Johnson Years	p. 266
The Nixon Years	p. 272
The United States Since 1974	p. 275
Practice Test 1	p. 283
Answer Sheet	p. 285
	p. 287
	p. 301
Answers and Explanations	p. 307
Practice Test 2	p. 335
Answer Sheet	p. 337
	p. 339
	p. 354
Answers and Explanations	p. 361
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