Synopses & Reviews
A brand-new test preparation manual with optional CD-ROM prepares AP test takers to excel on the exam with features that include:
Two full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained Test-taking strategies for answering both the test's Multiple-Choice and Free Response sections A detailed review of U.S. history, starting in 1600 and focusing on highlights that include the evolution of Colonial society, the American Revolution, the pre-Civil War economic structure of the United States and the slavery issue, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the growth of industrial America, the United States and its Empire, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, American Liberalism and its decline, America in the age of Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and much moreSynopsis
This brand-new test preparation manual is scheduled for publication in early 2012. It replaces Barron's previous AP U.S. History manual with all-new review material and practice exams. It presents two full-length practice exams with answer keys and explanatory comments that cover all test questions. The book also features helpful study and test-taking advice, followed by a detailed review of U.S. history that extends from the Colonial era to the twenty-first century. The review includes sample questions, analyses, and answers. Additional features include chronological summaries of major historical events, developments, and dates, and discussions of historiographical debates.
Table of Contents
Barron's Essential 5
Preface: The Basics
1 The Multiple-Choice Section 2 The Free-Response Section 3 The Meeting of Three Peoples Prehistory-16004 Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies 1607-17115 The Evolution of Colonial Society 1620-17556 The American Revolution 1763-17837 The Critical Period 1781-17898 The Early National Period 1789-18009 Jeffersonian Republicans in Power 1800-182810 The Age of Jackson 1828-184411 Economic Transformations in Antebellum America: Market Revolution and Slavery 1810-1850
12 Antebellum American Culture 1800-185513 Territorial Expansion 1820-185414 Section Tensions and the Crisis of Union 1848-186015 The Civil War and Reconstruction
16 The New South and the "Closing" of the Western Frontier 1865-190017 The Growth of Industrial America 1865-190018 Politics in the Gilded Age 1865-190019 Society and Culture in the Gilded Age 1865-190020 The United States and Its Empire 1890-191721 The Progressive Movement 1900-192022 The United States and World War I 1914-192023 Tradition and Modernity in the 1920s 24 The Great Depression and American Society 1928-193925 The New Deal and the Politics of the 1930s 1932-194026 World War II: From Isolationism to Intervention 1928-1945 27 The Cold War 1945-196028 American Society in the Post-World War II Era 1945-196029 The High Tide of American Liberalism 1960-196830 Conflict, Crisis, and Scandal 1966-197531 The Decline of Liberalism and the Rise of the New Right 1976-199332 America in the Age of Clinton, Bush, and Obama 1992-Present Practice Test 1
Practice Test 2
Index