5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2020

Get ready to ace your AP U.S. History Exam with this easy-to-follow, multi-platform study guide The immensely popular test prep guide has been updated and revised with new material and is now accessible in print, online and mobile formats. 5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2020 introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to reach your full potential. The book includes hundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanations and sample responses. You’ll learn how to master the multiple-choice questions and achieve a higher score on this demanding exam.  Because this guide is accessible in print and digital formats, you can study online, via your mobile device, straight from the book, or any combination of the three.  This essential guide reflects the latest course syllabus and includes six full-length practice exams (3 in the book and 3 online), plus proven strategies specific to each section of the test.  5 Steps to a 5: AP U.S. History 2020 features:  •6 Practice Exams (3 in the book + 3 online)•Access to the entire Cross-Platform Prep Course in AP U.S. History 2020•Hundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanations •An interactive, customizable AP Planner app to help you organize your time •Powerful analytics to assess test readiness•Flashcards, games, and more 

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction: 5-Step Program Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program 1 What You Need to Know About the AP U.S. History Exam Advanced Placement Program AP U.S. History Exam Taking the AP U.S. History Exam 2 Preparing for the AP U.S. History Exam Getting Started Three Plans for Test Preparation Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness 3 Take a Diagnostic Exam How to Use the Diagnostic Exam When to Use the Diagnostic Exam Conclusion (After the Exam) AP U.S. History Diagnostic Exam Answers to the Diagnostic Exam Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success 4 Mastering Skills and Understanding Themes for the Exam The AP U.S. History Exam Historical Practices, Historical Analytical Skills, Historical Themes, and Exam Questions 5 Strategies for Approaching Each Question Type Multiple-Choice Questions Short-Answer Questions Document-Based Question (DBQ) Long Essay Question Using Primary Source Documents Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High 6 Settling of the Western Hemisphere (1491–1607) Native America The Europeans Arrive Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 7 Colonial America (1607–1650) New France English Interest in America Effects of European Settlement Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 8 British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650–1750) Part of an Empire Growth of Slavery Political Unrest in the Colonies Salem Witch Trials Imperial Wars American Self-Government Salutary Neglect First Great American Religious Revival Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 9 Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750–1775) War in the West Defeat of New France The British Need Money Stamp Act Crisis Townshend Acts Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts First Continental Congress Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 10 American Revolution and the New Nation (1775–1787) Lexington and Concord Second Continental Congress Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Declaration of Independence Reactions to Independence Balance of Forces The War in the North The Saratoga Campaign The War in the South The Treaty of Paris New State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation Financial Problems Northwest Ordinances Shays’ Rebellion Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 11 Establishment of New Political Systems (1787–1800) The Constitutional Convention The Ratification Battle The Bill of Rights The Birth of the Party System Hamilton’s Economic Program Effects of the French Revolution Washington’s Foreign Policy The Presidency of John Adams Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 12 Jeffersonian Revolution (1800–1820) Election of 1800 An Assertive Supreme Court A New Frontier The Louisiana Purchase Burr’s Conspiracy Renewal of War in Europe The War of 1812 The End of the War A Federalist Debacle and the Era of Good Feelings Henry Clay and the American System Missouri Compromise Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 13 Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820–1845) The Rise of Manufacturing The Monroe Doctrine Native American Removal The Transportation Revolution and Religious Revival An Age of Reform Jacksonian Democracy The Nullification Controversy The Bank War The Whig Party and the Second Party System Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 14 Union Expanded and Challenged (1835–1860) Manifest Destiny The Alamo and Texas Independence Expansion and the Election of 1844 The Mexican War Political Consequences of the Mexican War The Political Crisis of 1850 Aftermath of the Compromise of 1850 Franklin Pierce in the White House The Kansas-Nebraska Act “Bleeding Kansas” The Dred Scott Decision The Lincoln-Douglas Debates John Brown and Harpers Ferry The Election of 1860 Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 15 Union Divided: The Civil War (1861–1865) North and South on the Brink of War Searching for Compromise Gunfire at Fort Sumter Opening Strategies The Loss of Illusions Union Victories in the West The Home Fronts The Emancipation Proclamation The Turn of the Tide War Weariness The End of the War Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 16 Era of Reconstruction (1865–1877) Lincoln and Reconstruction Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction Efforts to Help the Freedmen Radical Reconstruction The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Final Phase of Radical Reconstruction The End of Reconstruction Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 17 Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860–1895) Government Encouragement of Western Settlement Challenges for Western Farmers Agricultural Innovation Women and Minorities on the Agricultural Frontier The Mining and Lumbering Frontier The Ranching Frontier The End of Native American Independence Agrarian Anger and Populism The Gold Standard The Grange and Farmers’ Alliances The Populist Revolt Populism and the Election of 1896 The Idea of the West Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 18 America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870–1910) An Industrial Revolution Changes in American Industry A Changing Workplace Big Business The Emergence of Labor Unions Uneven Affluence The New Immigration The Rise of the Modern American City Gilded Age Politics Social Criticism in the Gilded Age Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 19 Rise of American Imperialism (1890–1913) Postwar Diplomacy Acquiring Hawaii The New Imperialism The Spanish-American War Combat in the Philippines and Cuba The Cuban Conundrum The Debate over Empire The Panama Canal The Roosevelt Corollary Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 20 Progressive Era (1895–1914) Roots of Progressivism Progressive Objectives Urban Progressivism State-Level Progressivism Progressivism and Women Workplace Reform Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal Taft and Progressivism The Election of 1912 Wilson and Progressivism Assessing Progressivism Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 21 United States and World War I (1914–1921) War and American Neutrality Growing Ties to the Allies The Breakdown of German-American Relations America in the War The American Expeditionary Force in France The Home Front Regulating Thought Social Change Wilson and the Peace Woodrow Wilson’s Defeat Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 22 Beginning of Modern America: The 1920s The Prosperous Twenties The Republican “New Era” Warren G. Harding as President President Calvin Coolidge The Election of 1928 The City Versus the Country in the 1920s Popular Culture in the 1920s Jazz Age Experimentation and Rebellion The Growth of the Mass Media A Lost Generation? Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 23 Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939) Harbingers of Crisis: Economic Weaknesses of the 1920s Black Tuesday and the End of the Bull Market The Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression The Great Depression and American Society President Hoover and the Depression The Election of 1932 The Hundred Days The Second New Deal The Election of 1936 Critics of the New Deal Twilight of the New Deal Impact of the New Deal American Culture During the New Deal Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 24 World War II (1933–1945) American Isolationism in the 1930s The United States, the Middle East, and Anti-Semitism The Election of 1940 and the End of Isolationism The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor The War Against Germany The Middle East in World War II The War Against Japan The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb The Home Front Civil Rights During the War Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 25 Origins of the Cold War (1945–1960) The Beginnings of the Cold War Europe and the Cold War Communist Victories The Middle East and the Cold War The Cold War at Home The Korean War Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism President Eisenhower and the Cold War Tensions with the Soviet Union Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 26 Prosperity and Anxiety: The 1950s The Return of Prosperity Politics in the Postwar Era The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement Life in Suburbia Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 27 America in an Era of Turmoil (1960–1975) The 1960 Election The Liberal Hour of the 1960s The Civil Right Movement in the 1960s: From Integration to Black Power The Expansion of Rights Movements Cold War Crisis The Vietnam War Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 28 Decline and Rebirth (1968–1988) The Presidency of Richard Nixon The Ford Administration The Carter Administration The Election of 1980 The Reagan Administration Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 29 Prosperity and a New World Order (1988–2000) The Election of 1988 The Presidency of George H. W. Bush The Election of 1992 The Presidency of Bill Clinton The Election of 2000 Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations 30 Threat of Terrorism, Increase of Presidential Power, and Economic Crisis (2001–2018) The Presidency of George W. Bush The Obama Presidency President Obama’s Second Term The Election of 2016 The Trump Presidency Chapter Review Review Questions Answers and Explanations Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence AP U.S. History Practice Exam 1 Answers to Practice Exam 1 AP U.S. History Practice Exam 2 Answers to Practice Exam 2 Glossary Bibliography Websites

About the Author :
Daniel P. Murphy teaches U.S. history at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.