How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination Ap United States History,9780812093742

How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination Ap United States History

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ISBN13: 9780812093742
ISBN10: 0812093747
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-01-01
Publisher(s): B E S Pub Co
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Summary

Updated to cover the most recent current events, this manual offers a general review of U.S. history, and analysis of question types that appear on the AP, plus a full-length model AP test in United States history with answers and explanations. Additional features include details on coping successfully with the test's essay question and hundreds of extra review questions.

Table of Contents

Preface iv
Part One Introduction: Using This Book 1(10)
Part Two A -- Helpful Hints for Studying American History 11(8)
B -- Seven Steps to Make Essay Writing Easy 19(16)
Part Three Reviewing American History While Preparing for the Exam---Chronological Overview and Typical Question Types 35(172)
Colonial America Before 1763
Essay Type:+Assess The Validity/Evaluate This Statement
Objective Type:+The Chronology Question
35(15)
The Era of the American Revolution 1763--1789
Essay Type:+Describe...Explain
Objective Type:+The Quotation Question
50(21)
The New Nation 1789--1824
Essay Type:+Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Objective Type:+How? Why? Cause-and-Effect Relationships
71(18)
Jackson and the West 1824--1850
Essay Type:+In What Ways...?
Objective Type:+Maps
89(22)
Coming of the Civil War, Civil War, & Reconstruction 1850--1877
Essay Type:+The DBQ
Objective Type:+Charts and Graphs
111(30)
Growth of Industrial America, Populists, & Progressives 1877--1916
Essay Type:+Compare
Objective Type:+Cartoons and Photographs
141(23)
World War I, the Inter-War Period, and World War II 1916--1945
Essay Type:+Defending a Position
Objective Type:+The Value of Sources
164(20)
The Post-War Period, the Cold War, and After 1945--1995
Essay Type:+Review
Objective Type:+Vocabulary
184(23)
Part Four A -- Taking the Advanced Placement Examination: A Summary of Things to Remember and to Do 207(6)
B -- Model Advanced Placement United States History Examination 213(30)
C -- Comments and Answers to Questions on Model AP Examination 243(22)
Part Five A -- Chronological Summary of Major Events and Developments in American History 265(47)
B -- Chronology of Important Dates 312(11)
Glossary Key Words and Phrases from United States History 323(9)
Quick Reference Guide 332

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