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Part I Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score 1
Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations 2
Your Guide to Using This Book 2
How to Begin 3
Part II Practice Test 1 7
Practice Test 1 9
Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key and Explanations 35
Part III About the AP U.S. History Exam 71
The Structure of the AP U.S. History Exam 72
How the AP U.S. History Exam Is Scored 73
Overview of Content Topics 74
Understanding Content with Thematic Learning Objectives 75
How AP Exams Are Used 76
Other Resources 77
Designing Your Study Plan 78
Part IV Test-Taking Strategies for the AP U.S. History Exam 79
Preview 80
1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions 81
2 How to Approach Short-Answer Questions 93
3 How to Approach the Document-Based and Long Essay Questions 101
4 Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points 123
5 Pacing Drills 127
Part V Content Review for the AP U.S. History Exam 143
6 Units 1 And 2: Early Contact with the New World (1491-1607) and Colonization of North America (1607-1754) 145
7 Unit 3: Conflict and American Independence (1754-1800) 169
8 Unit 4: Beginnings of Modern American Democracy (1800-1848) 193
9 Unit 5: Toward the Civil War and Reconstruction (1844-1877) 223
10 Unit 6: The Industrial Revolution (1865-1898) 245
11 Unit 7: The Early 20th Century (1890-1945) 263
12 Unit 8: The Postwar Period and Cold War (1945-1980) 289
13 Unit 9: Entering into the 21st Century (1980-Present) 317
14 Chapter Review Questions: Answers and Explanations 335
15 Key Terms and Concepts 355
Part VI Additional Practice Tests 381
Practice Test 2 383
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations 415
Practice Test 3 443
Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations 471
