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Armstrong, Stephen. 5 Steps to a 5 AP US History, 2012-2013 Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011.

5 Steps to a 5 AP US History, 2012-2013 Edition

Authors: Stephen Armstrong

Published:  June 2011

eISBN: 9780071752145 0071752145 | ISBN: 9780071752138
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The 5-Step Program
  • Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program
  • Chapter 1 What You Need to Know About the AP U.S. History Exam
  • Background of the Advanced Placement Program
  • Questions Frequently Asked About the AP U.S. History Exam
  • Chapter 2 How to Plan Your Time
  • Three Approaches to Preparing for the AP U.S. History Exam
  • Calendar for Each Plan
  • Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness
  • Chapter 3 Take a Diagnostic Exam
  • How and When to Use the Diagnostic Exam
  • Conclusion (After the Exam)
  • Getting Started: The Diagnostic/Master Exam
  • Answers to Diagnostic/Master Exam
  • Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success
  • Chapter 4 How to Approach Each Question Type
  • Multiple-Choice Questions
  • Document-Based Essay Questions
  • Free-Response Essay Questions
  • Reading and Interpreting Primary Source Documents
  • Analyzing Primary Source Documents
  • Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High
  • Chapter 5 The Settling of the Western Hemisphere and Colonial America (1450–1650)
  • Native Americans and European Exploration
  • The French in Canada
  • The English in the Americas
  • Effects of English, French, and British Settlement
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 6 The British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650–1750)
  • The Impact of Mercantilism
  • African Slavery in the Americas
  • Continued Unrest in New England
  • The Salem Witch Trials
  • Wars in Europe and Their Impact on the Colonies
  • The Growth of the Colonial Assemblies
  • The Era of “Salutary Neglect”
  • The Great Awakening
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 7 Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750–1775)
  • Problems on the Frontier
  • Additional Conflicts Between the British and Their Colonial “Allies”
  • The Policies of George Grenville
  • A Sense of Crisis: The Stamp Act
  • More Protest: The Townshend Acts
  • Continued Tension in Massachusetts
  • The Calm Before the Storm: 1770–1773
  • The Boston Tea Party
  • The Intolerable Acts
  • The First Continental Congress
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 8 The American Revolution and the New Nation (1775–1787)
  • The American Revolution
  • The Second Continental Congress
  • The Declaration of Independence
  • The Outbreak of the Revolution: Divisions in the Colonies
  • Strategies of the American Revolution
  • Washington as Commander
  • The War Moves to the South
  • The Treaty of Paris
  • The Establishment of Governmental Structures in the New Nation
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • The Northwest Ordinances
  • Shays’s Rebellion
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 9 The Establishment of New Political Systems (1787–1800)
  • Desire for a Stronger Central Government
  • Government Under the New Constitution
  • The Issue of Slavery
  • Ratification of the Constitution
  • The Presidency of George Washington
  • The Bill of Rights
  • Competing Visions: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
  • The French Revolution
  • Foreign Policy and Jay’s Treaty
  • Washington’s Farewell Address
  • The Presidency of John Adams
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 10 The Jeffersonian Revolution (1800–1820)
  • The Election of 1800
  • Reform of the Courts
  • Westward Expansion
  • Political Tensions and the Strange Case of Aaron Burr
  • European Wars Spill Over to America (Again)
  • The War of 1812
  • The American System
  • The Missouri Compromise
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 11 The Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820–1845)
  • The Growth of the Factory
  • The Monroe Doctrine
  • Policy Toward Native Americans
  • The Second Great Awakening
  • Political Reform: The Jacksonian Era (1829–1841)
  • The Election of 1824
  • The 1828 Presidential Election
  • Jackson as President
  • The Nullification Controversy
  • The Bank Crisis
  • The Whig Party: A Challenge to the Democratic-Republicans
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 12 The Union Expanded and Challenged (1835–1860)
  • The Ideology of Manifest Destiny
  • “Remember the Alamo!”
  • The Pivotal Election of 1844
  • War with Mexico
  • Political Challenges of the 1850s
  • Effects of the Compromise of 1850
  • The Presidency of Franklin Pierce
  • The Return of Sectional Conflict
  • “Bleeding Kansas”: Slave or Free?
  • The Dred Scott Decision
  • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  • John Brown’s Raid
  • The Presidential Election of 1860
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 13 The Union Divided: The Civil War (1861–1865)
  • Advantages of the North and South in the War
  • The Attack on Fort Sumter and the Beginning of the War
  • War Aims and Strategies
  • Developments in the South and in the North
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • 1863: The War Tips to the North
  • War Weariness in the North and South
  • The End of the Confederacy
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 14 The Era of Reconstruction (1865–1877)
  • Lincoln’s Plans for Reconstruction
  • Andrew Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
  • The Reconstruction Programs of the Radical Republicans
  • A Period of Radical Reconstruction
  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • Radical Reconstruction Reinforced
  • The End of Reconstruction
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 15 Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860–1895)
  • Federal Legislation Encourages Western Settlement
  • Farming on the Great Plains
  • The Transformation of Agriculture on the Plains
  • Women and Minorities on the Plains
  • Mining and Lumbering in the West
  • Ranching in the West
  • The Plight of Native Americans
  • The Organization of the American Farmer and Populism
  • The Impact of the West on American Society
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 16 America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870–1910)
  • The Growth of Industrial America
  • The Changing Nature of American Industry
  • The Consolidation of Businesses
  • The Growth of Labor Unions
  • An Improved Standard of Living?
  • The Impact of Immigration on American Society
  • The Transformation of the American City
  • Politics of the Gilded Age
  • Cultural Life in the Gilded Age
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 17 The Rise of American Imperialism (1890–1913)
  • A Period of Foreign Policy Inaction
  • A Sign of Things to Come: Hawaii
  • The 1890s: Reasons for American Imperialism
  • The Spanish-American War
  • The Role of America: Protector or Oppressor?
  • The Debate Over the Philippines
  • Connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic: The Panama Canal
  • The Roosevelt Corollary
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 18 The Progressive Era (1895–1914)
  • The Origins of Progressivism
  • The Goals of Progressives
  • Urban Reforms
  • The Progressives at the State Level
  • Women and Progressivism
  • Reforming the Workplace
  • The Square Deal of Theodore Roosevelt
  • Progressivism Under William Howard Taft
  • The 1912 Presidential Election
  • The Progressive Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
  • Did Progressivism Succeed?
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 19 The United States and World War I (1914–1921)
  • The American Response to the Outbreak of War
  • Increasing American Support for the Allied Powers
  • America Moves Toward War
  • America Enters the War
  • The Impact of the American Expeditionary Force
  • The Home Front During World War I
  • Keeping America Patriotic
  • Woodrow Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles
  • The United States and the Middle East
  • The Treaty of Versailles and the United States Senate
  • The Consequences of American Actions After the War
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 20 The Beginning of Modern America: The 1920s
  • A Decade of Prosperity
  • Republican Leadership in the 1920s
  • The Presidency of Warren G. Harding
  • The Scandals of the Harding Administration
  • The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
  • The Election of 1928
  • Urban vs. Rural: The Great Divide of the 1920s
  • Culture in the 1920s
  • The Jazz Age
  • The Lost Generation
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 21 The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939)
  • The American Economy of the 1920s: The Roots of the Great Depression
  • The Stock Market Crash
  • The Social Impact of the Great Depression
  • The Hoover Administration and the Depression
  • The 1932 Presidential Election
  • The First Hundred Days
  • The Second New Deal
  • The Presidential Election of 1936
  • Opponents of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
  • The Last Years of the New Deal
  • The Effects of the New Deal
  • New Deal Culture
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 22 World War II (1933–1945)
  • American Foreign Policy in the 1930s
  • The United States and the Middle East in the Interwar Era
  • The Presidential Election of 1940 and Its Aftermath
  • The Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • America Enters the War
  • The Role of the Middle East in World War II
  • The War Against Japan
  • The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
  • The Home Front During the War
  • Discrimination During the War
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 23 The Origins of the Cold War (1945–1960)
  • The First Cracks in the Alliance: 1945
  • The Iron Curtain
  • The Marshall Plan
  • Berlin: The First Cold War Crisis
  • 1949: A Pivotal Year in the Cold War
  • The Middle East in the Early Years of the Cold War
  • The Cold War at Home
  • The Heating of the Cold War: Korea
  • The Rise of McCarthyism
  • The Cold War Policies of President Eisenhower
  • A Dangerous Arms Buildup
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 24 Prosperity and Anxiety: The 1950s
  • Economic Growth and Prosperity
  • Political Developments of the Postwar Era
  • Civil Rights Struggles of the Postwar Period
  • The Conformity of the Suburbs
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 25 America in an Era of Turmoil (1960–1975)
  • The 1960 Presidential Election
  • Domestic Policies Under Kennedy and Johnson
  • The Struggle of Black Americans: From Nonviolence to Black Power
  • The Rise of Feminism
  • The Cold War in the 1960s
  • The Vietnam War and Its Impact on American Society
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 26 Decline and Rebirth (1968–1988)
  • The Presidency of Richard Nixon
  • The Watergate Affair
  • The Presidency of Gerald Ford
  • The Presidency of Jimmy Carter
  • The Election of 1980
  • The Presidency of Ronald Reagan
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 27 Prosperity and a New World Order (1988–2000)
  • The 1988 Election
  • The Presidency of George Bush
  • The 1992 Election
  • The Presidency of Bill Clinton
  • The 2000 Presidential Election
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 28 The Threat of Terrorism, the Increase of Presidential Power, and Potential Economic Disasters (2001–2010)
  • 9/11 and Its Aftermath
  • Events Leading Up to the American Invasion of Iraq
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • The Effects of the War at Home
  • The Victory of Conservatism in the Bush Era
  • The United States in Transition: 2007–2008
  • The Obama Presidency
  • Chapter Review
  • Chapter 29 Contemporary America: Evaluating the “Big Themes”
  • Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
  • AP U.S. History Practice Exam 1
  • AP U.S. History Practice Exam 2
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