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PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SAT SUBJECT TEST: U.S. HISTORY

 All About the SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Test

The SAT Subject Tests

The SAT U.S. History Test

 Test-Taking Strategies for the U.S. History Test

 Diagnostic Test: U.S. History

Answer Key

Answers and Explanations

PART II. TOPIC REVIEW FOR THE U.S. HISTORY TEST

Chapter 1. Pre-Columbian America and the Age of Exploration

The First Americans· European Voyages of Discovery in the New World·

Clashes between Native Americans and Europeans

Chapter 2. English Colonial Settlements

English Expansion in the New World· Early Attempts: Roanoke and

Jamestown· Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay· Connecticut and

Rhode Island· The Southern Colonies· The Mid-Atlantic Colonies·

Tension between Colonists and Native Americans

Chapter 3. Colonial Life

Family and Community Life· The Growth of Slavery· Changes from

Literacy, Education, and the Enlightenment· Changes from Religion and

the Great Awakening· Political Developments

Chapter 4. Conflicts in the Colonial Era

English against French· The French and lndian War· George Washington·

The Native American Role in the French and Indian War· Effects and

Aftermath of the French and Indian War

 Chapter 5, The Road to Revolution

The French and Indian War: Its Results and Aftermath· The Sugar Act·

The Stamp Act· The Townshend Acts and Illegal Taxation· The Boston

Massacre· The Boston Tea Party· The Results of the Boston Tea Party·

The First Continental Congress and Its Accomplishments

 Chapter 6. The American Revolution

The "Shot Heard Round the World"· The Siege of Boston· From Common

Sense to the Declaration of Independence· Washington Moves to Victory·

Colonial Soldiers· Key Battles at Brandywine and Saratoga· The War

Turns in Favor of the Colonists· War Ends with the Treaty of Paris

 Chapter 7. The Articles of Confederation

The Country's First Constitution· The Power of the Legislative Branch·

Executive and Judicial Powers·. Ratification· Effects of the Articles of

Confederation: The Northwest Ordinance· Effects of the Articles of

Confederation: The Economy

 Chapter 8. The Constitution

Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention· The Great Compromise·

A Look at the Constitution· Checks and Balances in the Constitution·

The Ratification Process· The Early Days of the Constitution· The Bill of

Rights Becomes Part of the Constitution

 Chapter 9. Establishing a New Nation

The Challenge of Organizing the New Government· Washington and

European Affairs· The Adams Administration· Jefferson Is Elected

President in 1800· The Louisiana Purchase· The Embargo Act·

The War of 1812

 Chapter 10. The Early Nineteenth Century

Foreign Relations and the Monroe Doctrine· Economic Changes and the

Industrial Revolution· John Quincy Adams· The Spread of Slavery and

the Missouri Compromise· Andrew Jackson and Native American Policy

 Chapter 11. Religion and Reform

Political Developments· Literature· The Second Great Awakening·

The Abolitionist Movement· Women's Rights·

Limits of Antebellum Reform

 Chapter 12. The Market Revolution, 1812-1845

The Market Economy· Economic Panic· The Northern Economy·

Growth of Immigration and Labor Unions· The Southern Economy

 Chapter 13. National Expansion and Sectional Division, 1830-1850

"Manifest Destiny"· The Republic of Texas· The Mexican War·

The Election of 1848· California Gold· The Compromise of 1850·

The Gadsden Purchase· The Fate of the Plains Tribes

 Chapter 14. A House Divided, 1820-1860151

Sectional Division· The Abolitionist Movement· New Political Parties·

Kansas-Nebraska ACt· John Brown and "Bleeding Kansas",

Dred Scott Decision· The Lincoln-Douglas Debates· Harpers Ferry·

The Election of 1860

 Chapter 15. The Civil War, 1861-1865

President Abraham Lincoln· Strengths and Weaknesses of the North and

the South· The Start of the War· War over the Mississippi· The Army of

the Potomac· The Emancipation Proclamation· Gettysburg: The Turning

Point· The War of Attrition· The Assassination of Lincoln

 Chapter 16. Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Reconstruction Plans under Lincoln· Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson·

Congress Takes Action· Radical Reconstruction· The Impeachment of

Andrew Johnson· The Election of 1868· 1876: Election and Compromise·

The Rise of Jim Crow Laws

 Chapter 17. Westward Movement, 1860-1898

Conflicts with Native Americans in the Great Plains· Settling the Plains

and the West· Farming· Ranching· Mining

 Chapter 18. The Rise of Big Business and the Gilded Age, 1870-1896

Technological Revolutions· The Growth of Big Business·

Industrialization and Workers· The Great Strikes· Social Classes

 Chapter 19. Politics and the Call for Reform, 1865-1900

The Rise of the Big Cities· Big-City Politics·

Politics in Washington· Populism

 Chapter 20. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement, 1900-1920205

The Progressive Era· The Muckrakers· Reform under Roosevelt·

Economic Reforms· Conservation and the Environment· Political Reform·

Reform under Taft· Reform under Wilson· The Nineteenth Amendment

 Chapter 21. The United States Becomes a World Power

Pressure to Expand· China and Japan· Hawaii· The Spanish-American

War· After the War: The Philippines· After the War: Cuba and

Puerto Rico· The Panama Canal· Promoting Economic Growth

 Chapter 22. World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1920

Causes of World War I· The United States Enters the War· The U.S. Army·

The Home Front· The Turning of the Tide: Victory and Armistice· Woodrow

Wilson's Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the League of

Nations· Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles· The Costs of War

 Chapter 23. The Jazz Age

The "Return to Normalcy". The Arts· Politics in the 1920s·

Social Changes in the 1920s· Organized Crime: The Black Sox Scandal

and Prohibition· The Scopes Trial

 Chapter 24. The Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash· Hoover's Response to the Depression·

President and Mrs. Roosevelt· FDR and the Early Phases of the New Deal·

The Second New Deal· The Dust Bowl· Escape

 Chapter 25. World War II (Part I)

German Expansionism and the Outbreak of World War II· 1940-1941:

Events in Europe ' U.S. Neutrality· Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters

the War· Mobilization in the United States· Military Campaigns in the

Pacific, 1942-1943· Military Campaigns in Europe and North Africa

 Chapter 26. World War II (Part II)

Roosevelt's Fourth Term· War in North Africa and Europe: 1942-1944·

Surrender in Europe: VE Day. War in the Pacific· Hiroshima and the

Surrender of Japan· Results of the War· The Potsdam Conference

 Chapter 27. Postwar America, 1945-1960

The Founding of the United Nations· The Beginnings of the Cold War·

The Korean War· Anticommunist Hysteria and McCarthyism· The Truman

and Eisenhower Administrations· Social Changes 1945-1960· Civil Rights

 Chapter 28. The New Frontier and the Civil Rights Movement

The Election of 1960· Domestic Policy: The New Frontier· Foreign Policy:

Cuba and Berlin· The Civil Rights Movement· Space Race· Assassination

Chapter 29. The Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson· The Great Society·

Civil Rights· The Women's Movement

Chapter 30. The Vietnam War

Background: Vietnam· The United States Sends Troops· The Vietnam

War Expands· Combat in Vietnam 1965-1968· Protest at Home·

The Tet Offensive

Chapter 31. Watergate and Its Aftermath

The 1968 Election· Domestic Policy under Nixon· Foreign Policy·

Watergate· The Pardon

Chapter 32. The Reagan Era and the End of the Cold War

The Presidency of Jimmy Carter· The Election of 1980· Reaganomics·

The End of the Cold War· The Breakup of the Soviet Union· Iran-Contra .

The Guff War· Reagan, Bush, and the Supreme Court· Bush and

Economic Affairs

Chapter 33. The 1990s and the Early 21st Century

The Election of 1992· Clinton's Domestic Poficy· The Election of 2000·

The Presidency of George W. Bush· September 11, 2001· War in Iraq

PART III. SIX FULL LENGTH PRACTICE TESTS

 Practice Test 1

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 Practice Test 2

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 Practice Test 3

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 Practice Test 4

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 Practice Test 5

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 Practice Test 6

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