AP Success U.S. History

by Margaret Moran; W. Frances Holder

• ISBN13: 9780768903676
• ISBN10: 076890367X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Peterson's

Summary

This all-new series prepares students to ace the upcoming AP tests in English Literature and Composition, Biology, Calculus AB/BC, and U.S. History. With these solid test-prep guides, they can successfully close their yearlong hard work in AP courses and earn college credits. AP Success gives students the score-boosting elements they need to succeed: -- Three to six full-length practice tests, diagnostics included-- Test answers with precise explanations for ali tests-- Detailed reviews of AP subject principles-- Exclusive Red Alert test-taking strategies-- Easy-to-follow format-- Flexible study plan

Table of Contents

Red Alert
10 Strategies for Acing the Test	p. 1
10 Facts About the AP United States History Test	p. 3
Scoring High on the AP U.S. History Test	p. 6
Practice Plan for Studying for the AP U.S. History Test	p. 9
The Panic Plan	p. 13
Why Take the Diagnostic Test?	p. 15
Diagnostic Test	p. 17
	p. 18
	p. 31
Answers and Explanations	p. 36
Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions	p. 61
Practice Set 1	p. 65
Practice Set 2	p. 69
Practice Set 3	p. 72
About Writing a "9" Essay	p. 77
Writing the DBQ Essay	p. 83
Writing the Free Response Essays	p. 93
Practice Sets: Parts B and C	p. 95
Reviewing the Colonial Period to 1789	p. 107
Discovery, Settlement, and Expansion, 1492-1754	p. 107
Colonial Society Around 1750	p. 117
The Move to Independence, 1754-1776	p. 122
The American Revolution, 1775-1783	p. 128
Drafting the Constitution	p. 133
The Constitution and Important Supreme Court Cases	p. 137
Provisions of the U.S. Constitution	p. 140
Twelve Important Supreme Court Decisions	p. 142
Some Additional Supreme Court Cases with Impact on Historical Events	p. 149
Reviewing the New Nation to Mid-Century	p. 151
The New Nation, 1789-1800	p. 151
The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816	p. 157
Nationalism: Prosperity and Change	p. 162
Sectionalism	p. 167
The Age of Jackson, 1828-1848	p. 172
A Changing Society and an Emerging Culture	p. 176
Reviewing the Events Leading to the Civil War and Its Aftermath	p. 183
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis	p. 183
Prelude to the Civil War	p. 187
The Civil War	p. 191
Reconstruction	p. 197
Reviewing Becoming an Urban and Industrial World Power	p. 205
The New South	p. 205
The Last Frontier	p. 208
Industry, Labor, and Big Business	p. 212
Urban Society	p. 216
Intellectual and Cultural Movements	p. 219
The Gilded Age	p. 221
The Nation Abroad, 1865-1914	p. 225
The Progressive Era	p. 229
Reviewing the Twentieth Century: 1915 to the Present	p. 235
Wilson and World War I	p. 235
The 1920s	p. 239
The Great Depression	p. 242
The New Deal	p. 244
Diplomacy in the 1920s and 1930s	p. 250
World War II	p. 253
Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War	p. 258
The Eisenhower Years	p. 262
The Kennedy/Johnson Years	p. 264
The Nixon Years	p. 270
The United States Since 1974	p. 273
Practice Test 1	p. 279
	p. 280
	p. 294
Answers and Explanations	p. 300
Practice Test 2	p. 329
	p. 330
	p. 345
Answers and Explanations	p. 351
Answer Blanks	p. 379
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