AP U.S. history
Subtitle: crash course
By: by Larry Krieger
Contributors: Research and Education Association
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Advanced Placement (AP) Crash Course
Publisher: Research & Education Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Piscataway, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780738666273; 9780738608136
Subjects: Examinations; STUDY AIDS; Examinations, questions; Advanced placement programs (Education); Colleges and universities; Advanced Placement; Entrance examinations; Study guides; History
Other titles: Advanced Placement United States history; Advanced Placement U.S. history
Description: Presents a review of the essential facts of U.S. history as preparation for the Advanced Placement test, providing strategies for answering questions and an online exam to evaluate strengths and weaknesses.
Table of contents: title: Title Page; Copyright Page; AP U.S. HISTORY CRASH COURSE; Table of Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; ABOUT OUR AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHOR'S PEP TALK; PART I:; title: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1; title: SEVEN KEYS FOR SUCCESS ON THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM; Chapter 2; title: KEY TERMS; I. COLONIAL AMERICA, 1607-1776; II. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE CONSTITUTION, 1776-1789; III. BUILDING THE NEW NATION, 1787-1860; IV. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1865-1917; V. BOOM AND BUST, 1917-1945; VI. MODERN AMERICA, 1945-PRESENT; PART II:; title: CHRONOLOGICAL Review; Chapter 3; title: COLONIAL AMERICA 1492-1754.; title: I. FIRST EUROPEAN CONTACTS WITH NATIVE AMERICANSII. THE PLANTATION COLONIES; III. THE PLANTATION COLONIES AND THE GROWTH OF SLAVERY; IV. THE PURITANS; V. PENNSYLVANIA AND THE QUAKERS; VI. COLONIAL SOCIETY ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION; Chapter 4; title: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA 1754-1789; I. THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION; II. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1776-1781; III. FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION; Chapter 5; title: THE NEW NATION 1789-1824; I. ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S ECONOMIC POLICIES; II. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS; III. THE PRESIDENCY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1801-1809.; title: IV. THE MARSHALL COURTV. THE WAR OF 1812; VI. THE PRESIDENCY OF JAMES MONROE, 1817-1825; Chapter 6; title: THE AGE OF JACKSON 1824-1840; I. KEY TENETS OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY; II. THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS AND THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS; III. THE BANK WAR; IV. JACKSON AND THE FORCED REMOVAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS; V. PLANTERS AND SLAVES IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH, 1816-1860; VI. THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION; Chapter 7; title: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; I. THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; II. CHANGING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; III. ABOLITION AND ABOLITIONISTS.; title: IV. TRANSCENDENTALISM AND UTOPIAN COMMUNITIESV. CULTURAL ADVANCES; Chapter 8; title: THE GATHERING STORM 1840-1860; I. MANIFEST DESTINY AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION; II. THE COMPROMISE OF 1850; III. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT, 1854; IV. THE DRED SCOTT CASE, 1857; V. THE ELECTION OF 1860; Chapter 9; title: THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865; I. NORTHERN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES; II. SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES; III. THE BORDER STATES; IV. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION; V. KEY POLITICAL ACTIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.; title: Chapter 10; title: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH 1865-1900I. THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS; II. RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION; III. THE PLIGHT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS; IV. THE ELECTION OF 1876 AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1877; V. THE RISE OF JIM CROW SEGREGATION; VI. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON; VII. THE NEW SOUTH; Chapter 11; title: THE OLD WEST 1865-1900; I. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADS; II. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLAINS INDIANS; III. THE FADING FRONTIER; Chapter 12; title: INDUSTRIAL AMERICA 1865-1900; I. BIG BUSINESS; II. LABOR AND LABOR UNIONS, 1865-1900; III. IMMIGRATION.