<CRACKING THE AP U.S.HISTORY EXAM(2012)>: If you need to know it, it’s in this book. Cracking the AP U.S. History, 2012 Edition, includes:

· 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations

· In-depth history review of key and terms and concepts organized by time period, including the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the creation of government and early democracy, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Machine Age, the early twentieth century, post-World War America, and more

· Winning strategies to help you crack the multiple-choice section

· Detailed coverage of both essay types—document-based questions and free-response questions

· Updated strategies which reflect the AP test scoring change

Introduction

PART I: How TO CRACK THE SYSTEM

1 About the Advanced Placement Program

2 Being a Good Test Taker

3 Cracking the Multiple-Choice Section

4 Cracking the Essay Questions (an Overview)

5 Cracking the Document-Based Questions (DBQ)

6 Cracking the Free-Response Questions

PART II: THE HISTORY REVIEW

7 The Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

8 The Road to Independence (1750-1781)

9 Creating a Functioning Government (1777-1824)

10 Beginnings of Modern American Democracy (1824-1844)

11 Heading Toward the Civil War and Reconstruction (1845-1877)

12 The Machine Age (1877-1900) 139

13 The Early Twentieth Century 151

14 The Postwar Period and Late Twentieth Century (1945-2000)

15 Chapter Review Questions: Answers and Explanations

16 Key Terms and Concepts 213

PART II1: THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP U.S. HISTORY PRACTICE TESTS AND ANSWERS

17 Practice Test 1

18 Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations

19 Practice Test 2

20 Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations

Index

About the Authors