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This all-new test preparation manual prepares students to succeed on the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History with features that include:
- A Diagnostic Test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses
- Five full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained
- An in-depth review of U.S. history, starting with European colonization of North America and covering major topics that include: The American Revolution, the Federalist Age, Expansion and the wars with Mexico, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Settlement of the West, U.S. involvement in World War I, the Great Depression and FDR’s New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam era, American scientific and technological advances, a summary of Important Supreme Court cases, and much more
- Subject review quizzes following every five chapters
- Appendix containing the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
- Book can be purchased with an optional CD-ROM containing two more full-length practice tests with answers and automatic scoring
System Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows®
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz,
Athlon 64 2800+ or faster processor
(or equivalent).
Memory: 128MB of RAM.
Graphics Memory: 128MB.
Platforms:
Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP
1024 x 768 screen resolution
MAC® OS X
Processor: Intel Core™ Duo
1.33GHz or faster processor.
Memory: 256MB of RAM.
Graphics Memory: 128MB.
Platforms: Mac OS X 10.5 and higher.
1024 x 768 screen resolution
Table of Contents:
Preface
- 1 Welcome to the
SAT Subject Test in
U.S. History
Test Registration
How to Use This Book
Three Approaches for Three Review Paces
Introduction to the Test
Multiple-Choice Strategies
Test-Taking Strategies 8
Final Advice
Diagnostic Test
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
- 2 Motives and Methods of
European Exploration
- 3 Spanish, French, and
Dutch Colonization
- 4 English Colonization
- 5 Colonial “American”
Society
- 6 Mercantilism and
Colonial Wars
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 7 The American Revolution
and the War for
Independence
- 8 The Critical Period and
the Formation of
American Values
- 9 The Federalist Age
- 10 The Jeffersonian
Revolution and the
Era of Good Feelings
- 11 The War of 1812 and
the Age of Jackson
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 12 Political Evolution in
the Age of Jackson
- 13 The Reform Impulse
- 14 The Ramifications
of Slavery
- 15 Expansion and
Two Wars with Mexico
- 16 The Last Attempts at
Compromise
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 17 The Civil War
- 18 Reconstruction
- 19 The Settlement of
the West
- 20 The New American
Economy
- 21 Gilded Age Politics
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 22 The Revolt of the
Common Man
- 23 The Progressive
Reform Movement
- 24 Domestic Policy Debate
- 25 The Spanish-American
War and the Imperialism
Debate
- 26 American Involvement
in the Great War
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 27 The Roaring Twenties:
Sex, Alcohol, and
Jazz
- 28 The Stock Market
Crash and the
Great Depression
- 29 The Rise and Fall
of the New Deal
- 30 World War II
- 31 Truman and Eisenhower
in Post-War America
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 32 The Changing Values
of the 1960s
- 33 The Civil Rights
Movement
- 34 Foreign and Domestic
Crises of the
Vietnam Era
- 35 Nixon and the Arms
and Space Races 373
- 36 Presidents Looking
for America
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 37 Conservative
Resurgence
- 38 Moderate America
- 39 Presidential Pendulum
in the Information Age
- 40 American Scientific
and Technological
Advances
- 41 Essential Supreme
Court Cases
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations
- 42 Practice Tests
Practice Test 1
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 2
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 3
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Index
(0764146041)
Paperback / 550 Pages / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / 2012
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