Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2004-2005 Edition

by PRINCETON REVIEW

• ISBN13: 9780375763922
• ISBN10: 0375763929
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the AP U.S. History Exam is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about U.S. historyonly what you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, we'll teach you how to think like the test makers and -Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you -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 your essay This book includes 2 full-length practice AP U.S. History tests. All of our practice test questions are like the ones you'll see on the actual exam, and we fully explain every answer.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
How to Crack the System	p. 1
About the Advanced Placement Program	p. 3
Being a Good Test Taker	p. 9
Cracking the Multiple-Choice section	p. 15
Cracking the Essay Questions	p. 31
Cracking the Document-Based Question (DBQ)	p. 39
Cracking the Free-Response Questions	p. 55
The History Review	p. 59
The Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries	p. 63
The Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	p. 75
The Twentieth Century	p. 121
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 155
The Princeton Review AP U.S. History Practice Tests and Answers	p. 175
Practice Test 1	p. 177
Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations	p. 201
Practice Test 2	p. 269
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations	p. 291
	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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