AP U.S. History For DummiesAP美国历史
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作者： Greg Velm 著
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出版时间： 2008-6-1字数：版次： 1页数： 384印刷时间： 2008/06/01开本： 大16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780470247587包装： 平装内容简介
Includes extensive coverage of the evolution of government
Get test-taking secrets from the pros
and increase your score!
Getting ready to tackle the AP U.S. History exam? This practical, step-by-step guide helps you perfect the skills you need to achieve your best possible score. You discover how to identify what the questions are really asking and find out how to combine your history knowledge with the information provided on the exam to craft thoughtful essays. You also try your hand at two true-to-life AP exams, complete with detailed answer explanations and scoring guides!
Discover how to:
Get a firm grip on all exam topics, from Native Americans to the present day
Analyze and connect political, economic, and social themes
Recognize trick words in multiple-choice questions
Answer document-based questions with confidence
Craft clever responses to free-essay questions
目录
Introduction
Part Ⅰ: College Credit, Here I Come!
Chapter 1: Acing the Test for a College Credit Payday
Chapter 2: Wringing the Highest Score out of What You Know
Chapter 3: Psyching Yourself Up for the Big Test
Part Ⅱ: Answering the Questions: Three Kinds, Three Strategies
Chapter 4: Going with Good Odds on Multiple-Choice Questions
Chapter 5: Scoring Big on Document-Based Questions (DBQs)
Chapter 6: Creating Essays Teachers Love
Part Ⅲ: Early U.SHistory: From Dinosaurs to the Civil War
Chapter 7: Living on the Land: American Indians from 35,000 BCE to 1491 CE
Chapter 8: Sailing to a New Home: 1492–1690
Chapter 9: Growing Up and Getting Revolutionary: 1691–1775
Chapter 10: You Say You Want a Revolution? Freedom and Change, 1776–1815
Chapter 11: Rough and Tumble: The United States Grows Up, 1816–1845
Chapter 12: From Sea to Shining Sea: 1846–1854
Chapter 13: Fighting to the Death over Slavery: 1855–1865
Part Ⅳ: U.SHistory from After the Civil War to the Days of the Internet
Chapter 14: Reconstructing and Moving Westward, 1866–1880
Chapter 15: The U.SGoes Big Time: 1881–1899
Chapter 16: Into the World, Ready or Not: 1900–1919
Chapter 17: Roaring, Soaring, and Fighting Depression: 1921–1939
Chapter 18: Fighting for Good in World War II: 1940–1945
Chapter 19: Cold War Wind at the Victory Dance: 1946–1960
Chapter 20: Rockin’ with the ’60s, Rollin’ with the ’70s: 1961–1979
Chapter 21: Leading in the Modern World: 1980–Now
Part Ⅴ: Practice Makes Perfect: Two Tests Plus the Answers
Chapter 22: Practice Test 1: Acing the Early Names and Dates
Chapter 23: The Answers to Practice Test 1
Chapter 24: Practice Test 2: Cruising the Big AP toward Modern Times
Chapter 25: The Answers to Practice Test 2
Part Ⅵ: The Part of Tens
Chapter 26: Ten Monster Events the AP Wants You to Know
Chapter 27: Ten Important Social and Economic Issues in U.SHistory
Chapter 28: The Supreme Court: Ten Greatest Hits
Index
