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Farabaugh, Daniel and Muntone, Stephanie. McGraw-Hill's SAT Subject Test. McGraw-Hill, 2009.

McGraw-Hill's SAT Subject Test

Authors: Daniel Farabaugh and Stephanie Muntone

Published:  January 2009

eISBN: 9780071609272 007160927X | ISBN: 9780071609265
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  • Contents
  • Part I. Introduction to the Sat Subject Test: U.S. History
  • All About the SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Test
  • The SAT Subject Tests
  • The SAT U.S. History Test
  • Test-Taking Strategies for the U.S. History Test
  • Diagnostic Test: U.S. History
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Part II. Topic Review For the U.S. History Test
  • Chapter 1. Pre-Columbian America and the Age of Exploration
  • The First Americans
  • European Voyages of Discovery in the New World
  • Clashes between Native Americans and Europeans
  • Chapter 2. English Colonial Settlements
  • English Expansion in the New World
  • Early Attempts: Roanoke and Jamestown
  • Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
  • Connecticut and Rhode Island
  • The Southern Colonies
  • The Mid-Atlantic Colonies
  • Tension between Colonists and Native Americans
  • Chapter 3. Colonial Life
  • Family and Community Life
  • The Growth of Slavery
  • Changes from Literacy, Education, and the Enlightenment
  • Changes from Religion and the Great Awakening
  • Political Developments
  • Chapter 4. Conflicts in the Colonial Era
  • English against French
  • The French and Indian War
  • George Washington
  • The Native American Role in the French and Indian War
  • Effects and Aftermath of the French and Indian War
  • Chapter 5. The Road to Revolution
  • The French and Indian War: Its Results and Aftermath
  • The Sugar Act
  • The Stamp Act
  • The Townshend Acts and Illegal Taxation
  • The Boston Massacre
  • The Boston Tea Party
  • The Results of the Boston Tea Party
  • The First Continental Congress and Its Accomplishments
  • Chapter 6. The American Revolution
  • The “Shot Heard Round the World”
  • The Siege of Boston
  • From Common Sense to the Declaration of Independence
  • Washington Moves to Victory
  • Colonial Soldiers
  • Key Battles at Brandywine and Saratoga
  • The War Turns in Favor of the Colonists
  • War Ends with the Treaty of Paris
  • Chapter 7. The Articles of Confederation
  • The Country’s First Constitution
  • The Power of the Legislative Branch
  • Executive and Judicial Powers
  • Ratification
  • Effects of the Articles of Confederation: The Northwest Ordinance
  • Effects of the Articles of Confederation: The Economy
  • Chapter 8. The Constitution
  • Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention
  • The Great Compromise
  • A Look at the Constitution
  • Checks and Balances in the Constitution
  • The Ratification Process
  • The Early Days of the Constitution
  • The Bill of Rights Becomes Part of the Constitution
  • Chapter 9. Establishing a New Nation
  • The Challenge of Organizing the New Government
  • Washington and European Affairs
  • The Adams Administration
  • Jefferson Is Elected President in 1800
  • The Louisiana Purchase
  • The Embargo Act
  • The War of 1812
  • Chapter 10. The Early Nineteenth Century
  • Foreign Relations and the Monroe Doctrine
  • Economic Changes and the Industrial Revolution
  • John Quincy Adams
  • The Spread of Slavery and the Missouri Compromise
  • Andrew Jackson and Native American Policy
  • Chapter 11. Religion and Reform
  • Political Developments
  • Literature
  • The Second Great Awakening
  • The Abolitionist Movement
  • Women’s Rights
  • Limits of Antebellum Reform
  • Chapter 12. The Market Revolution, 1812–1845
  • The Market Economy
  • Economic Panic
  • The Northern Economy
  • Growth of Immigration and Labor Unions
  • The Southern Economy
  • Chapter 13. National Expansion and Sectional Division, 1830–1850
  • "Manifest Destiny”
  • The Republic of Texas
  • The Mexican War
  • The Election of 1848
  • California Gold
  • The Compromise of 1850
  • The Gadsden Purchase
  • The Fate of the Plains Tribes
  • Chapter 14. A House Divided, 1820–1860
  • Sectional Division
  • The Abolitionist Movement
  • New Political Parties
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • John Brown and “Bleeding Kansas”
  • Dred Scott Decision
  • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  • Harpers Ferry
  • The Election of 1860
  • Chapter 15. The Civil War, 1861–1865
  • President Abraham Lincoln
  • Strengths and Weaknesses of the North and the South
  • The Start of the War
  • War over the Mississippi
  • The Army of the Potomac
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • Gettysburg: The Turning Point
  • The War of Attrition
  • The Assassination of Lincoln
  • Chapter 16. Reconstruction, 1865–1877
  • Reconstruction Plans under Lincoln
  • Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson
  • Congress Takes Action
  • Radical Reconstruction
  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • The Election of 1868
  • 1876: Election and Compromise
  • The Rise of Jim Crow Laws
  • Chapter 17. Westward Movement, 1860–1898
  • Conflicts with Native Americans in the Great Plains
  • Settling the Plains and the West
  • Farming
  • Ranching
  • Mining
  • Chapter 18. The Rise of Big Business and the Gilded Age, 1870–1896
  • Technological Revolutions
  • The Growth of Big Business
  • Industrialization and Workers
  • The Great Strikes
  • Social Classes
  • Chapter 19. Politics and the Call for Reform, 1865–1900
  • The Rise of the Big Cities
  • Big-City Politics
  • Politics in Washington
  • Populism
  • Chapter 20. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement, 1900–1920
  • The Progressive Era
  • The Muckrakers
  • Reform under Roosevelt
  • Economic Reforms
  • Conservation and the Environment
  • Political Reform
  • Reform under Taft
  • Reform under Wilson
  • The Nineteenth Amendment
  • Chapter 21. The United States Becomes a World Power
  • Pressure to Expand
  • China and Japan
  • Hawaii
  • The Spanish-American War
  • After the War: The Philippines
  • After the War: Cuba and Puerto Rico
  • The Panama Canal
  • Promoting Economic Growth
  • Chapter 22. World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914–1920
  • Causes of World War I
  • The United States Enters the War
  • The U.S. Army
  • The Home Front
  • The Turning of the Tide: Victory and Armistice
  • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations
  • Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
  • The Costs of War
  • Chapter 23. The Jazz Age
  • The “Return to Normalcy”
  • The Arts
  • Politics in the 1920s
  • Social Changes in the 1920s
  • Organized Crime: The Black Sox Scandal and Prohibition
  • The Scopes Trial
  • Chapter 24. The Great Depression
  • The Stock Market Crash
  • Hoover’s Response to the Depression
  • President and Mrs. Roosevelt
  • FDR and the Early Phases of the New Deal
  • The Second New Deal
  • The Dust Bowl
  • Escape
  • Chapter 25. World War II (Part I)
  • German Expansionism and the Outbreak of World War II
  • 1940–1941: Events in Europe
  • U.S. Neutrality
  • Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters the War
  • Mobilization in the United States
  • Military Campaigns in the Pacific, 1942–1943
  • Military Campaigns in Europe and North Africa
  • Chapter 26. World War II (Part II)
  • Roosevelt’s Fourth Term
  • War in North Africa and Europe: 1942–1944
  • Surrender in Europe: VE Day
  • War in the Pacific
  • Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan
  • Results of the War
  • The Potsdam Conference
  • Chapter 27. Postwar America, 1945–1960
  • The Founding of the United Nations
  • The Beginnings of the Cold War
  • The Korean War
  • Anticommunist Hysteria and McCarthyism
  • The Truman and Eisenhower Administrations
  • Social Changes 1945–1960
  • Civil Rights
  • Chapter 28. The New Frontier and the Civil Rights Movement
  • The Election of 1960
  • Domestic Policy: The New Frontier
  • Foreign Policy: Cuba and Berlin
  • The Civil Rights Movement
  • Space Race
  • Assassination
  • Chapter 29. The Great Society
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • The Great Society
  • Civil Rights
  • The Women’s Movement
  • Chapter 30. The Vietnam War
  • Background: Vietnam
  • The United States Sends Troops
  • The Vietnam War Expands
  • Combat in Vietnam 1965–1968
  • Protest at Home
  • The Tet Offensive
  • Chapter 31. Watergate and Its Aftermath
  • The 1968 Election
  • Domestic Policy under Nixon
  • Foreign Policy
  • Watergate
  • The Pardon
  • Chapter 32. The Reagan Era and the End of the Cold War
  • The Presidency of Jimmy Carter
  • The Election of 1980
  • Reaganomics
  • The End of the Cold War
  • The Breakup of the Soviet Union
  • Iran-Contra
  • The Gulf War
  • Reagan, Bush, and the Supreme Court
  • Bush and Economic Affairs
  • Chapter 33. The 1990s and the Early 21st Century
  • The Election of 1992
  • Clinton’s Domestic Policy
  • The Election of 2000
  • The Presidency of George W. Bush
  • September 11, 2001
  • War in Iraq
  • Part III. Six Full Length Practice Tests
  • Practice Test 1
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet
  • Practice Test 2
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet
  • Practice Test 3
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet
  • Practice Test 4
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet
  • Practice Test 5
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet
  • Practice Test 6
  • Answer Key
  • Answers and Explanations
  • Score Sheet