Cracking the AP U. S. History, 2002-2003 Edition

by MELTZER, TOM

• ISBN13: 9780375762314
• ISBN10: 0375762310
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the AP U.S. History exam is very different from getting straight As in school. The Princeton Review doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about U.S. history--only the techniques they'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. InCracking the AP U.S History, TPR will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool test takers Earn more points by reviewing and mastering the U.S. history concepts most likely to be tested Score higher on the multiple-choice section by using the chronological arrangement of questions as a clue Crack the Document-Based Question by knowing the right way to organize the essay This book includes 2 full-length, simulated AP U.S. History exams. All of The Princeton Review practice test questions are like the ones test takers will see on the actual exam, and every solution is fully explained.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part I: How to Crack the System	1	(58)
About the Advanced Placement Program	3	(6)
Being a Good Test Taker	9	(6)
Cracking the Multiple-Choice Section	15	(16)
Cracking the Essay Questions	31	(8)
Cracking the Document-Based Question (DBQ)	39	(16)
Cracking the Free-Response Questions	55	(4)
Part II: The History Review	59	(116)
The Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries	63	(12)
The Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	75	(46)
The Twentieth Century	121	(34)
Key Terms and Concepts	155	(20)
Part III: The Tests and Explanations	175	(160)
The Princeton Review AP U.S. History Practice Test 1	177	(24)
Answers and Explanations to Practice Test 1	201	(68)
The Princeton Review AP U.S. History Practice Test 2	269	(22)
Answers and Explanations to Practice Test 2	291	(44)
About the Authors	335	(2)
Index	337