SAT II U.S. History For Dummies
Published on 8. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-7645-7843-4 (ISBN)
Description
Get tips on preparing for test traps. This title provides the pain-free way to review U.S. history and maximize your score. You have 60 minutes to answer (gulp) 90 questions on U.S. history, potentially covering everything from Leif Ericson to 9/11. How do you avoid a nervous breakdown and score your best? This hands-on guide delivers just what you need - a thorough review of American history, plus two complete practice tests and lots of insider tips and strategies to help you boost your score. It helps you to discover how to: recognize wrong answers; zero in on the best answer; manage your time; minimize test-taking anxiety; and, familiarize yourself with the format.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
694 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-7843-4 (9780764578434)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Scott Hatch, JD, and Lisa Zimmer Hatch, MA, have taught SAT and other test-preparation courses for more than 25 years. Their online standardized test prep courses are currently offered at over 600 colleges and universities nationwide.
Content
Introduction.Part I: Putting the SAT II U.S. History in Perspective.Chapter 1: Getting the Lowdown on the SAT II.Chapter 2: Maximizing Your Score on the SAT II.Part II: The Birth of a Nation.Chapter 3: Land Ho! Mastering the Age of Exploration, 1100s-Early 1600s.Chapter 4: Everything Old Is New Again: Life in the Colonies, 1620-1760.9Chapter 5: We the People: The Fight for Independence, 1763-1800.Part III: America's Childhood Years.Chapter 6: Jeffersonian Democracy and Nationalism, 1800-1824.Chapter 7: Strife and Controversy in the Jacksonian Era, 1820-1842.Chapter 8: Romanticism, Revolution, and Reform, 1820-1860.Chapter 9: Sibling Rivalry: Building Up to and Waging the Civil War, 1850-1865.Part IV: America as a Young Adult.Chapter 10: Picking Up the Pieces: Reconstruction, 1865-1896.Chapter 11: Reaching Boundaries: The End of the Frontier, 1860-1900.Chapter 12: America's Second Industrial Revolution, 1860-1900.Chapter 13: Imperialism at the Turn of the Century, 1890-1914.Part V: America Becomes a Grown-Up.Chapter 14: Stepping Forward: The Progressive Era, 1900-1920.Chapter 15: World War I and Postwar Diplomacy, 1914-1920.Chapter 16: Throwing Caution to the Wind: The Roaring '20s.Chapter 17: Crash and Burn: The Great Depression and the New Deal of the 1930s.Chapter 18: Coming Out of Our Shell: World War II, 1936-1945.Part VI: America in Middle Age.Chapter 19: Keeping Cool: Truman, Eisenhower, and the Cold War, 1945-1960.Chapter 20: A New Revolution: The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 1960-1968.Chapter 21: Challenging Authority: Vietnam and the 1970s.Chapter 22: Moving Ahead: The United States at the Turn of the Century, 1980-Present.Part VII: Practice Makes Perfect: Full-Length Practice Tests.Chapter 23: Pulling It All Together, Part I: Practice Test 1.Chapter 24: Explaining the Answers to Practice Test 1.Chapter 25: Pulling It All Together, Part II: Practice Test 2.Chapter 26: Explaining the Answers to Practice Test 2.Part VIII: The Part of Tens.Chapter 27: Ten Influential American Leaders.Chapter 28: Ten Crucial Presidencies.Index.