Peterson's Ap Success U.S. History 2001

by Moran, Margaret; Peterson's Guides; Holder, W. Frances

• ISBN13: 9780768905007
• ISBN10: 0768905001
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Petersons

Summary

The Advanced Placement test for U.S. History for college-bound students is explained in this guide that includes practice tests, answers with precise explanations, test-taking strategies, and more.

Table of Contents

Red Alert
10 Strategies for Acing the Test	1	(2)
10 Facts About the AP United States History Test	3	(3)
Scoring High on the AP U.S. History Test	6	(3)
Practice Plan for Studying for the AP U.S. History Test	9	(4)
The Panic Plan	13	(2)
Why Take the Diagnostic Test?	15	(2)
Diagnostic Test	17	(262)
Section I	18	(13)
Section II	31	(5)
Answers and Explanations	36	(25)
Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions	61	(16)
Practice Set 1	65	(4)
Practice Set 2	69	(3)
Practice Set 3	72	(5)
About Writing a ``9'' Essay	77	(6)
Writing the DBQ Essay	83	(10)
Writing the Free Response Essays	93	(14)
Practice Sets: Parts B and C	95	(12)
Reviewing the Colonial Period to 1789	107	(30)
Discovery, Settlement, and Expansion, 1492-1754	107	(10)
Colonial Society Around 1750	117	(5)
The Move to Independence, 1754-1776	122	(6)
The American Revolution, 1775-1783	128	(5)
Drafting the Constitution	133	(4)
The Constitution and Important Supreme Court Cases	137	(14)
Provisions of the U.S. Constitution	140	(2)
Twelve Important Supreme Court Decisions	142	(7)
Some Additional Supreme Court Cases with Impact on Historical Events	149	(2)
Reviewing the New Nation to Mid-Century	151	(32)
The New Nation, 1789-1800	151	(6)
The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816	157	(5)
Nationalism: Prosperity and Change	162	(5)
Sectionalism	167	(5)
The Age of Jackson, 1828-1848	172	(4)
A Changing Society and an Emerging Culture	176	(7)
Reviewing the Events Leading to the Civil War and Its Aftermath	183	(22)
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis	183	(4)
Prelude to the Civil War	187	(4)
The Civil War	191	(6)
Reconstruction	197	(8)
Reviewing Becoming an Urban and Industrial World Power	205	(30)
The New South	205	(3)
The Last Frontier	208	(4)
Industry, Labor, and Big Business	212	(4)
Urban Society	216	(3)
Intellectual and Cultural Movements	219	(2)
The Gilded Age	221	(4)
The Nation Abroad, 1865-1914	225	(4)
The Progressive Era	229	(6)
Reviewing the Twentieth Century: 1915 to the Present	235	(44)
Wilson and World War I	235	(4)
The 1920s	239	(3)
The Great Depression	242	(2)
The New Deal	244	(6)
Diplomacy in the 1920s and 1930s	250	(3)
World War II	253	(5)
Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War	258	(4)
The Eisenhower Years	262	(2)
The Kennedy/Johnson Years	264	(6)
The Nixon Years	270	(3)
The United States Since 1974	273	(6)
Practice Test 1	279	(50)
Section I	280	(14)
Section II	294	(6)
Answers and Explanations	300	(29)
Practice Test 2	329	(50)
Section I	330	(15)
Section II	345	(6)
Answers and Explanations	351	(28)
Answer Blanks	379