5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2018, Edition
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Published on 11. August 2017
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Get ready to ace your AP U.S. History Exam with this easy-to-follow, multi-platform study guide5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam. This wildly popular test prep guide matches the latest course syllabus and the latest exam. You'll get online help, six full-length practice tests (three in the book and three online), detailed answers to each question, study tips, information on how the exam is scores, and much more.Because this guide is accessible in print and digital formats, you can study online, via your mobile device, straight from the book, or any combination of the three.5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2018 features: New: Access to the entire Cross-Platform Prep Course in U.S. History 6 Practice Exams (3 in the book + 3 online) An interactive, customizable AP Planner app to help you organize your time Powerful analytics you can use to assess your test readiness Flashcards, games, and more
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: 5-Step Program
- STEP 1 Set Up Your Study Program
- 1 What You Need to Know About the AP U.S. History Exam
- Advanced Placement Program
- AP U.S. History Exam
- Taking the AP U.S. History Exam
- 2 Preparing for the AP U.S. History Exam
- Getting Started
- STEP 2 Determine Your Test Readiness
- 3 Take a Diagnostic Exam
- How to Use the Diagnostic Exam
- When to Use the Diagnostic Exam
- Conclusion (After the Exam)
- STEP 3 Develop Strategies for Success
- 4 Mastering Skills and Understanding Themes for the Exam
- The AP U.S. History Exam
- Historical Analytical Skills, Historical Themes, and Exam Questions
- 5 Strategies for Approaching Each Question Type
- Multiple-Choice Questions
- Short-Answer Questions
- Document-Based Question (DBQ)
- Long-Essay Question
- Using Primary Source Documents
- STEP 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High
- 6 Settling of the Western Hemisphere (1491-1607)
- Native America
- The Europeans Arrive
- Chapter Review
- 7 Colonial America (1607-1650)
- New France
- English Interest in America
- Effects of European Settlement
- Chapter Review
- 8 British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650-1750)
- Part of an Empire
- Growth of Slavery
- Political Unrest in the Colonies
- Salem Witch Trials
- Imperial Wars
- American Self-Government
- Salutary Neglect
- First Great American Religious Revival
- Chapter Review
- 9 Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750-1775)
- War in the West
- Defeat of New France
- The British Need Money
- Stamp Act Crisis
- Townshend Acts
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Tea Party
- Intolerable Acts
- First Continental Congress
- Chapter Review
- 10 American Revolution and the New Nation (1775-1787)
- Lexington and Concord
- Second Continental Congress
- Thomas Paine's Common Sense
- Declaration of Independence
- Reactions to Independence
- Balance of Forces
- The War in the North
- The Saratoga Campaign
- The War in the South
- The Treaty of Paris
- New State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation
- Financial Problems
- Northwest Ordinances
- Shays' Rebellion
- Chapter Review
- 11 Establishment of New Political Systems (1787-1800)
- The Constitutional Convention
- The Ratification Battle
- The Bill of Rights
- The Birth of the Party System
- Hamilton's Economic Program
- Effects of the French Revolution
- Washington's Foreign Policy
- The Presidency of John Adams
- Chapter Review
- 12 Jeffersonian Revolution (1800-1820)
- Election of 1800
- An Assertive Supreme Court
- A New Frontier
- The Louisiana Purchase
- Burr's Conspiracy
- Renewal of War in Europe
- The War of 1812
- The End of the War
- A Federalist Debacle and the Era of Good Feelings
- Henry Clay and the American System
- Missouri Compromise
- Chapter Review
- 13 Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820-1845)
- The Rise of Manufacturing
- The Monroe Doctrine
- Native American Removal
- The Transportation Revolution and Religious Revival
- An Age of Reform
- Jacksonian Democracy
- The Nullification Controversy
- The Bank War
- The Whig Party and the Second Party System
- Chapter Review
- 14 Union Expanded and Challenged (1835-1860)
- Manifest Destiny
- The Alamo and Texas Independence
- Expansion and the Election of 1844
- The Mexican War
- Political Consequences of the Mexican War
- The Political Crisis of 1850
- Aftermath of the Compromise of 1850
- Franklin Pierce in the White House
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act
- "Bleeding Kansas"
- The Dred Scott Decision
- The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- John Brown and Harpers Ferry
- The Election of 1860
- Chapter Review
- 15 Union Divided: The Civil War (1861-1865)
- North and South on the Brink of War
- Searching for Compromise
- Gunfire at Fort Sumter
- Opening Strategies
- The Loss of Illusions
- Union Victories in the West
- The Home Fronts
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- The Turn of the Tide
- War Weariness
- The End of the War
- 16 Era of Reconstruction (1865-1877)
- Lincoln and Reconstruction
- Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
- Efforts to Help the Freedmen
- Radical Reconstruction
- The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Final Phase of Radical Reconstruction
- The End of Reconstruction
- Chapter Review
- 17 Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860-1895)
- Government Encouragement of Western Settlement
- Challenges for Western Farmers
- Agricultural Innovation
- Women and Minorities on the Agricultural Frontier
- The Mining and Lumbering Frontier
- The Ranching Frontier
- The End of Native American Independence
- Agrarian Anger and Populism
- The Gold Standard
- The Grange and Farmers' Alliances
- The Populist Revolt
- Populism and the Election of 1896
- The Idea of the West
- Chapter Review
- 18 America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870-1910)
- An Industrial Revolution
- Changes in American Industry
- A Changing Workplace
- Big Business
- The Emergence of Labor Unions
- Uneven Affluence
- The New Immigration
- The Rise of the Modern American City
- Gilded Age Politics
- Social Criticism in the Gilded Age
- Chapter Review
- 19 Rise of American Imperialism (1890-1913)
- Postwar Diplomacy
- Acquiring Hawaii
- The New Imperialism
- The Spanish-American War
- Combat in the Philippines and Cuba
- The Cuban Conundrum
- The Debate over Empire
- The Panama Canal
- The Roosevelt Corollary
- Chapter Review
- 20 Progressive Era (1895-1914)
- Roots of Progressivism
- Progressive Objectives
- Urban Progressivism
- State-Level Progressivism
- Progressivism and Women
- Workplace Reform
- Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal
- Taft and Progressivism
- The Election of 1912
- Wilson and Progressivism
- Assessing Progressivism
- Chapter Review
- 21 United States and World War I (1914-1921)
- War and American Neutrality
- Growing Ties to the Allies
- The Breakdown of German-American Relations
- America in the War
- The American Expeditionary Force in France
- The Home Front
- Regulating Thought
- Social Change
- Wilson and the Peace
- Woodrow Wilson's Defeat
- Chapter Review
- 22 Beginning of Modern America: The 1920s
- The Prosperous Twenties
- The Republican "New Era"
- Warren G. Harding as President
- President Calvin Coolidge
- The Election of 1928
- The City Versus the Country in the 1920s
- Popular Culture in the 1920s
- Jazz Age Experimentation and Rebellion
- The Growth of the Mass Media
- A Lost Generation?
- Chapter Review
- 23 Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1939)
- American Economy of the 1920s: Roots of the Great Depression
- Stock Market Crash
- Social Impact of the Great Depression
- Hoover Administration and the Depression
- 1932 Presidential Election
- First Hundred Days
- Second New Deal
- Presidential Election of 1936
- Opponents of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
- Last Years of the New Deal
- Effects of the New Deal
- New Deal Culture
- Chapter Review
- 24 World War II (1933-1945)
- American Foreign Policy in the 1930s
- United States and the Middle East in the Interwar Era
- Presidential Election of 1940 and Its Aftermath
- Attack on Pearl Harbor
- America Enters the War
- Role of the Middle East in World War II
- War Against Japan
- Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
- Home Front During the War
- Discrimination During the War
- Chapter Review
- 25 Origins of the Cold War (1945-1960)
- First Cracks in the Alliance: 1945
- The Iron Curtain
- Marshall Plan
- Berlin: The First Cold War Crisis
- 1949: A Pivotal Year in the Cold War
- Middle East in the Early Years of the Cold War
- Cold War at Home
- Heating of the Cold War: Korea
- Rise of McCarthyism
- Cold War Policies of President Eisenhower
- Dangerous Arms Buildup
- Chapter Review
- 26 Prosperity and Anxiety: The 1950s
- Economic Growth and Prosperity
- Political Developments of the Postwar Era
- Civil Rights Struggles of the Postwar Period
- Conformity of the Suburbs
- Chapter Review
- 27 America in an Era of Turmoil (1960-1975)
- 1960 Presidential Election
- Domestic Policies under Kennedy and Johnson
- Struggle of Black Americans: From Nonviolence to Black Power
- Rise of Feminism
- Cold War in the 1960s
- Vietnam War and Its Impact on American Society
- Chapter Review
- 28 Decline and Rebirth (1968-1988)
- Presidency of Richard Nixon
- Watergate Affair
- Presidency of Gerald Ford
- Presidency of Jimmy Carter
- Election of 1980
- Presidency of Ronald Reagan
- Chapter Review
- 29 Prosperity and a New World Order (1988-2000)
- 1988 Election
- Presidency of George H. Bush
- 1992 Election
- Presidency of Bill Clinton
- 2000 Presidential Election
- Chapter Review
- 30 Threat of Terrorism, Increase of Presidential Power, and Economic Crisis (2001-2014)
- 9/11 and Its Aftermath
- Events Leading Up to the American Invasion of Iraq
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Effects of the War at Home
- Victory of Conservatism in the Bush Era
- United States in Transition: 2007-2008
- Obama Presidency
- Election of 2012
- President Obama's Second Term
- The Election of 2016
- Chapter Review
- 31 Contemporary America: Evaluating the "Big Themes"
- STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
- AP U.S. History Practice Exam 1
- AP U.S. History Practice Exam 2
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Websites
