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they need improvement. In addition, detailed reviews of subject principles allow students to fully understand the skills that will help them score well on the test. Features include Red Alert test-taking strategies, flexible study planning, user-friendly design geared for the high school student, and answers with comprehensive explanations for all test items.

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• Determine your strengths and weaknesses with the diagnostic test

• Use your time efficiently with a flexible study plan

• Learn test-taking strategies with unique RED ALERTS

• Gain a better understanding of test questions with highly detailed explanatory answers

• Sharpen your test-taking skills with 3 full-length practice tests

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780768912661
  • Publisher: Peterson's
  • Publication date: 1/28/2004
  • Edition number: 5
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 8.40 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Table of Contents

Red Alert 1
10 Strategies for Acing the Exam 1
10 Facts About the AP U.S. History Exam 3
Scoring High on the AP U.S. History Exam 6
Study Plan for the AP U.S. History Exam 9
The Panic Plan 13
Why Take the Diagnostic Test? 15
Diagnostic Test 17
Answer Sheet 19
Section I21
Section II34
Answers and Explanations 39
Chapter 1 Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions 63
Practice Plan 63
Basic Information 63
Attacking the Questions: Practical Advice 65
Practicing 66
Practice Set 167
Answers and Explanations 69
Practice Set 271
Answers and Explanations 73
Practice Set 374
Answers and Explanations 76
Chapter 2 About Writing a "9" Essay 79
Practice Plan 79
Basic Information About Section II 80
Good Writing 81
Planning and Writing Each Essay: Practical Advice 83
Chapter 3 Writing the DBQ Essay 85
Defining the DBQ 85
The Game Plan 87
Chapter 4 Writing the Free Response Essays 95
Defining the Free Response Questions 95
The Game Plan 96
Practical Advice 96
Free Response Essays 97
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part B 98
Suggestions for the Free Response Essays, Part C 102
Chapter 5 Reviewing the Colonial Period to 1789 109
Discovery, Settlement, and Expansion, 1492-1754 109
Colonial Society Around 1750 119
The Move to Independence, 1754-1776 124
The American Revolution, 1775-1783 130
Drafting the Constitution 135
Chapter 6 The Constitution and Important Supreme Court Cases 139
The United States Constitution 139
Twelve Important Supreme Court Decisions 144
Some Additional Supreme Court Cases With Impact on Historical Events 151
Chapter 7 Reviewing the New Nation to Mid-Century 153
The New Nation, 1789-1800 153
The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816 160
Nationalism: Prosperity and Change 164
Sectionalism 170
The Age of Jackson, 1828-1848 174
A Changing Society and an Emerging Culture 178
Chapter 8 Reviewing the Events Leading to the Civil War and Its Aftermath 185
Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis 185
Prelude to the Civil War 189
The Civil War 193
Reconstruction 199
Chapter 9 Becoming an Urban and Industrial World Power 207
The New South 207
The Last Frontier 210
Industry, Labor, and Big Business 214
Urban Society 218
Intellectual and Cultural Movements 221
The Gilded Age 223
The Nation Abroad, 1865-1914 227
The Progressive Era 231
Chapter 10 Reviewing the Twentieth Century: 1915 to the Present 237
Wilson and World War I 237
The 1920s 241
The Great Depression 244
The New Deal 246
Diplomacy in the 1920s and 1930s 252
World War II 255
Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War 259
The Eisenhower Years 264
The Kennedy/Johnson Years 266
The Nixon Years 272
The United States Since 1974 275
Practice Test 1 283
Answer Sheet 285
Section I287
Section II301
Answers and Explanations 307
Practice Test 2 335
Answer Sheet 337
Section I339
Section II354
Answers and Explanations 361
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