5 Steps to a 5 500 AP US History Questions to Know by Test Day, Third Edition

by Scott Demeter

Overview

500 AP style questions with detailed answer explanations to prepare you for what you’ll see on test day


5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP U.S. History Questions to Know by Test Day gives you 500 practice questions that cover the most essential course material and help you work toward a 5 on the test. The questions parallel the format and degree of difficulty that you’ll find on the actual AP exams and are accompanied by answers with comprehensive explanations. The questions in this book were written by expert AP teachers who know the exam inside and out, so they closely reflect what you’ll see when you’ll sit for the AP U.S. History test.


This valuable study guide features:


•500 AP-style questions and answers referenced to core AP materials
•Detailed review explanations for right and wrong answers
•Close simulations of the real AP exam
•Updated material that reflects the latest AP exam

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260441956
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	02/07/2019
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	407,057
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Scott Demeter teaches and resides in northern New Jersey. His major areas of educational focus include honors and advanced placement programs in American history, world history, U.S. government, and comparative government.

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Pre-Colombian/Native American History 1

Chapter 2 Early Exploration and the Spanish and French in the Colonies of the New World. 7

Chapter 3 Early English Colonies 13

Chapter 4 The Era of Discontent and Wax for Independence 27

Chapter 5 The Constitution and Early U.S. Government 33

Chapter 6 The Era of Good Feelings to the Age of Jackson 59

Chapter 7 Antebellum Reform Movements 75

Chapter 8 Antebellum Cultural Movements and Manifest Destiny 89

Chapter 9 The Mid-Nineteenth Century and the Causes of the Civil War 101

Chapter 10 The Civil War 111

Chapter 11 Post-Civil War and Reconstruction 119

Chapter 12 The Gilded Age and the American West 131

Chapter 13 U.S. Imperialism and the Progressive Movement 147

Chapter 14 The First World War and the Roaring Twenties 165

Chapter 15 The Great Depression and the Second World War 177

Chapter 16 The Cold War and Postwar America 197

Chapter 17 Civil Rights, the 1960s, and Vietnam 209

Chapter 18 End of the Cold War, the 1970s to the Present 221

Answers 239

Bibliography 337