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Acknowledgments, Author's Pep Talk
Chapter 1. SEVEN KEYS FOR SUCCESS ON THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM
Chapter 3. COLONIAL AMERICA 1492-1754
Chapter 4. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA 1754-1789
Chapter 5. THE NEW NATION 1789-1824
Chapter 6. THE AGE OF JACKSON 1824-1840
Chapter 7. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
Chapter 8. THE GATHERING STORM 1840-1860
Chapter 9. THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Chapter 10. RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH 1865-1900
Chapter 11. THE OLD WEST 1865-1900
Chapter 12. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA 1865-1900
Chapter 13. POPULISM AND PROGRESSIVISM 1890-1917
Chapter 14. IMPERIALISM AND WORLD WAR I 1890-1919
Chapter 15. THE ROARING TWENTIES
Chapter 16. THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL 1929-1941
Chapter 17. WORLD WAR II 1941-1945
Chapter 18. THE COLD WAR 1945-1989
Chapter 19. THE UNFINISHED FIFTIES
Chapter 20. THE TUMULTUOUS SIXTIES
Chapter 21. KEY POLITICAL EVENTS AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS — 1968 TO THE PRESENT
Chapter 22. MILESTONES AND KEY FIGURES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1619-1865
Chapter 23. MILESTONES AND KEY FIGURES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1865-PRESENT
Chapter 24. MILESTONES AND KEY FIGURES IN WOMEN'S HISTORY
Chapter 25. MILESTONES IN NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
Chapter 26. KEY SUPREME COURT CASES AND FAMOUS TRIALS
Chapter 27. KEY WORKS OF LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC
Chapter 28. KEY FACTS ABOUT LABOR UNIONS, LABOR LAWS, AND LABOR STRIKES
Chapter 29. KEY FACTS ABOUT TWENTY ACTS OF CONGRESS
Chapter 30. PEOPLE IN MOTION: IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION
Chapter 31. MILESTONES IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: LATIN AMERICA
Chapter 32. MILESTONES IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: THE VIETNAM WAR
Chapter 33. STRATEGIES FOR THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Chapter 34. STRATEGIES FOR THE DOCUMENT-BASED ESSAY QUESTION
Chapter 35. STRATEGIES FOR THE FREE-RESPONSE ESSAYS