AP Success : U. S. History

by MORAN MARGARET C.

• ISBN13: 9780768912661
• ISBN10: 0768912660
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-13
• Publisher: Peterson's Guides

Summary

This title offers 3 full-length practice tests, including a diagnostic test to help students identify the areas in which they need improvement.

Table of Contents

Red Alert	1	(16)
10 Strategies for Acing the Exam	1	(2)
10 Facts About the AP U.S. History Exam	3	(3)
Scoring High on the AP U.S. History Exam	6	(3)
Study Plan for the AP U.S. History Exam	9	(4)
The Panic Plan	13	(2)
Why Take the Diagnostic Test?	15	(2)
Diagnostic Test	17	(46)
Answer Sheet	19	(2)
Section I	21	(13)
Section II	34	(5)
Answers and Explanations	39	(24)
Chapter 1 Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions	63	(16)
Practice Plan	63	(1)
Basic Information	63	(2)
Attacking the Questions: Practical Advice	65	(1)
Practicing	66	(1)
Practice Set 1	67	(2)
Answers and Explanations	69	(2)
Practice Set 2	71	(2)
Answers and Explanations	73	(1)
Practice Set 3	74	(2)
Answers and Explanations	76	(3)
Chapter 2 About Writing a "9" Essay	79	(6)
Practice Plan	79	(1)
Basic Information About Section II	80	(1)
Good writing	81	(2)
Planning and Writing Each Essay: Practical Advice	83	(2)
Chapter 3 Writing the DBQ Essay	85	(10)
Defining the DBQ	85	(2)
The Game Plan	87	(8)
Chapter 4 Writing the Free Response Essays	95	(14)
Defining the Free Response Questions	95	(1)
The Game Plan	96	(1)
Practical Advice	96	(1)
Free Response Essays	97	(1)
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part B	98	(4)
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part C	102	(7)
Chapter 5 Reviewing the Colonial Period to 1789	109	(30)
Discovery, Settlement, and Expansion, 1492-1754	109	(10)
Colonial Society Around 1750	119	(5)
The Move to Independence, 1754-1776	124	(6)
The American Revolution, 1775-1783	130	(5)
Drafting the Constitution	135	(4)
Chapter 6 The Constitution and Important
Supreme Court Cases	139	(1)
The United States Constitution	139	(5)
Twelve Important Supreme Court Decisions	144	(7)
Some Additional Supreme Court Cases With Impact on Historical Events	151	(2)
Chapter 7 Reviewing the New Nation to Mid Century	153	(32)
The New Nation, 1789-1800	153	(7)
The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816	160	(4)
Nationalism: Prosperity and Change	164	(6)
Sectionalism	170	(4)
The Age of Jackson, 1828-1848	174	(4)
A Changing Society and an Emerging Culture	178	(7)
Chapter 8 Reviewing the Events Leading to the
Civil War and Its Aftermath	185	(1)
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis	185	(4)
Prelude to the Civil War	189	(4)
The Civil War	193	(6)
Reconstruction	199	(8)
Chapter 9 Becoming an Urban and Industrial World Power	207	(30)
The New South	207	(3)
The Last Frontier	210	(4)
Industry, Labor, and Big Business	214	(4)
Urban Society	218	(3)
Intellectual and Cultural Movements	221	(2)
The Gilded Age	223	(4)
The Nation Abroad, 1865-1914	227	(4)
The Progressive Era	231	(6)
Chapter 10 Reviewing the Twentieth Century: 1915 to the Present	237	(46)
Wilson and World War I	237	(4)
The 1920's	241	(3)
The Great Depression	244	(2)
The New Deal	246	(6)
Diplomacy in the 1920's and 1930's	252	(3)
World War II	255	(4)
Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War	259	(5)
The Eisenhower Years	264	(2)
The Kennedy/Johnson Years	266	(6)
The Nixon Years	272	(3)
The United States Since 1974	275	(8)
Practice Test 1	283	(52)
Answer Sheet	285	(2)
Section I	287	(14)
Section II	301	(6)
Answers and Explanations	307	(28)
Practice Test 2	335
Answer Sheet	337	(2)
Section I	339	(15)
Section II	354	(7)
Answers and Explanations	361