Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2006-2007 Edition

by PRINCETON REVIEW

• ISBN13: 9780375765339
• ISBN10: 0375765336
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review realizes that scoring high on the AP U.S. History Exam is very different from earning straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about American historyonly the strategies and information you'll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, we'll teach you how to Use our preparation strategies and test-taking techniques to raise your score Focus on the topics most likely to appear on the test Test your knowledge with review questions for each U.S. history topic covered This book includes 2 full-length practice AP U.S. History tests. All of our practice questions are just like those you'll see on the actual exam, and we explain how to answer every question.

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	(134)
The Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries	63	(14)
The Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	77	(50)
The Twentieth Century	127	(40)
Practice Questions: Answers and Explanations	167	(8)
Key Terms and Concepts	175	(18)
Part III: The Princeton Review Ap U.S. History Practice Tests and Answers	193	(160)
Practice Test 1	195	(24)
Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations	219	(68)
Practice Test 2	287	(22)
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations	309	(44)
About the Authors	353	(2)
Index	355