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INTRODUCTION TO THE FIVE-STEP PROGRAM
THREE APPROACHES TO PREPARING FOR THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM
CALENDARS FOR PREPARING FOR THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM
THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAMINATION
GETTING STARTED: THE DIAGNOSTIC/MASTER EXAM AP U.S. HISTORY
ANSWERS TO DIAGNOSTIC/MASTER EXAM
NATIVE AMERICANS AND EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
A BRINGING TOGETHER OF THREE PEOPLES BY THE SPANISH
EFFECTS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND BRITISH SETTLEMENT
AFRICAN SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS
CONTINUED UNREST IN NEW ENGLAND
WARS IN EUROPE AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COLONIES
THE GROWTH OF THE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES
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 TENSIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM: 1770-1773
THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION: DIVISIONS IN THE COLONIES
STRATEGIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES IN THE NEW NATION
DESIRES FOR A STRONGER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION
RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
COMPETING VISIONS: ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON
FOREIGN POLICY AND JAY'S TREATY
POLITICAL TENSIONS AND THE STRANGE CASE OF AARON BURR
EUROPEAN WARS SPILL OVER TO AMERICA (AGAIN)
POLICY TOWARD NATIVE AMERICANS
POLITICAL REFORM: THE JACKSONIAN ERA (1829-1841)
THE 1828 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
THE WHIG PARTY: A CHALLENGE TO THE DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
THE IDEOLOGY OF MANIFEST DESTINY
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 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860
ADVANTAGES OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH IN WAR
THE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER AND THE BEGINNING OF WAR
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE NORTH
1863: THE WAR TIPS TO THE NORTH
WAR WEARINESS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH
LINCOLN'S PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION
ANDREW JOHNSON'S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS
A PERIOD OF RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION REINFORCED
FEDERAL LEGISLATION ENCOURAGES WESTERN SETTLEMENT
THE TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE ON THE PLAINS
WOMEN AND MINORITIES ON THE PLAINS
MINING AND LUMBERING IN THE WEST
THE PLIGHT OF NATIVE AMERICANS
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FARMER AND POPULISM
THE IMPACT OF THE WEST ON AMERICAN SOCIETY
THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
THE CHANGING NATURE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
THE CONSOLIDATION OF BUSINESSES
AN INCREASED STANDARD OF LIVING?
THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON AMERICAN SOCIETY
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN CITY
CULTURAL LIFE IN THE GUILDED AGE
A PERIOD OF FOREIGN POLICY INACTION
A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: HAWAII
THE 1890s: REASONS FOR AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
THE ROLE OF AMERICA: PROTECTOR OR OPPRESSOR?
THE DEBATE OVER THE PHILIPPINES
CONNECTING THE PACIFIC AND THE ATLANTIC: THE PANAMA CANAL
THE PROGRESSIVES AT THE STATE LEVEL
THE SQUARE DEAL OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PROGRESSIVISM UNDER WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
THE 1912 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
THE PROGRESSIVE LEGACY OF WOODROW WILSON
THE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
INCREASING AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
THE HOME FRONT DURING WORLD WAR I
WOODROW WILSON AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND THE UNITED STATES SENATE
THE CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN ACTIONS AFTER THE WAR
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE 1920s
THE PRESIDENCY OF WARREN G. HARDING
THE SCANDALS OF THE HARDING ADMINISTRATION
THE PRESIDENCY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE
URBAN VS. RURAL: THE GREAT DIVIDE OF THE 1920s
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY OF THE 1920s: THE ROOTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE HOOVER ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPRESSION
THE 1932 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1936
OPPONENTS OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL
THE LAST YEARS OF THE NEW DEAL
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 1930s
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1940 AND ITS AFTERMATH
THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB
THE FIRST CRACKS IN THE ALLIANCE: 1945
BERLIN: THE FIRST COLD WAR CRISIS
1949: A PIVOTAL YEAR IN THE COLD WAR
THE HEATING OF THE COLD WAR: KOREA
THE COLD WAR POLICIES OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE POSTWAR ERA
CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLES OF THE POSTWAR PERIOD
THE 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
DOMESTIC POLICIES UNDER KENNEDY AND JOHNSON
THE STRUGGLE OF BLACK AMERICANS: FROM NONVIOLENCE TO BLACK POWER
THE VIETNAM WAR AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY
THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON
THE PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER
THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN
THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON
THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
PRACTICE EXAM 1 AP U.S. HISTORY - Section I
PRACTICE EXAM 1 AP U.S. HISTORY - Section II
PRACTICE EXAM 2 AP U.S. HISTORY - Section I
PRACTICE EXAM 2 AP U.S. HISTORY - Section II