McGraw-Hill's SAT Subject Test: United States History
by Farabaugh, DanielEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2005-12-22
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Summary
Get Top Scores on Your SAT United States History Exam with the Experts at McGraw-Hill You need a great score on the SAT United States History test to get into your first-choice college. You've always been good at history, but now you want to be sure you're ready for this tough exam. How can you make certain you're getting the very best preparation available? McGraw-Hill's SAT United States History is the answer! It's the best because it's packed with the first-rate instruction and practice students expect from McGraw-Hill. Everything you need is here, from top-quality topic reviews to test-smart strategies to full-length sample exams. So choose the test-prep guide that's sure to help you reach your goal -- from the experts more students trust! McGraw-Hill's SAT* Subject Test: U.S. Historygives you an unbeatable edge with 7 full-length sample tests with complete explanations for every question Chronological review of all major topics in United States history Teacher-recommended tips and strategies to help you raise your score
Author Biography
Daniel Farabaugh teaches U.S. history, global perspectives, and AP U.S. history at Westfield High School, Westfield, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to the SAT U.S. History Test | p. 1 |
| All About the SAT U.S. History Test | p. 3 |
| The SAT Subject Tests | p. 3 |
| The SAT U.S. History Test | p. 4 |
| Test-Taking Strategies for the U.S. History Test | p. 7 |
| Diagnostic Test: U.S. History | p. 20 |
| Answer Key | p. 30 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 31 |
| Topic Review for the U.S. History Test | p. 33 |
| Pre-Columbian America and the Age of Exploration | p. 35 |
| The First Americans | |
| European Voyages of Discovery in the New World | |
| Clashes between Native Americans and Europeans | |
| English Colonial Settlements | p. 44 |
| 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 | |
| Colonial Life | p. 53 |
| Family and Community Life | |
| The Growth of Slavery | |
| Changes from Literacy, Education, and the Englightenment | |
| Changes from Religion and the Great Awakening | |
| Political Developments | |
| Conflicts in the Colonial Era | p. 62 |
| English against French | |
| The French and Indian War | |
| George Washington | |
| The Native American Role in the French and Indian War | |
| Effects and Aftermath of the French and Indian War | |
| The Road to Revolution | p. 72 |
| 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 | |
| The American Revolution | p. 82 |
| 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 | |
| The Articles of Confederation | p. 92 |
| 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 | |
| The Constitution | p. 99 |
| 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 | |
| Establishing a New Nation | p. 107 |
| 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 | |
| The Early Nineteenth Century | p. 116 |
| 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 | |
| Religion and Reform | p. 125 |
| Political Developments | |
| Literature | |
| The Second Great Awakening | |
| The Abolitionist Movement | |
| Women's Rights | |
| Limits of Antebellum Reform | |
| The Market Revolution, 1812-1845 | p. 133 |
| The Market Economy | |
| Economic Panic | |
| The Northern Economy | |
| Growth of Immigration and Labor Unions | |
| The Southern Economy | |
| National Expansion and Sectional Division, 1830-1850 | p. 141 |
| "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 | |
| A House Divided, 1820-1860 | p. 151 |
| 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 | |
| The Civil War, 1861-1865 | p. 161 |
| 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 | |
| Reconstruction, 1865-1877 | p. 170 |
| 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 | |
| Westward Movement, 1860-1898 | p. 178 |
| Conflicts with Native Americans in the Great Plains | |
| Settling the Plains and the West | |
| Farming | |
| Ranching | |
| Mining | |
| The Rise of Big Business and the Gilded Age, 1870-1896 | p. 186 |
| Technological Revolutions | |
| The Growth of Big Business | |
| Industrialization and Workers | |
| The Great Strikes | |
| Social Classes | |
| Politics and the Call for Reform, 1865-1900 | p. 196 |
| The Rise of the Big Cities | |
| Big-City Politics | |
| Politics in Washington | |
| Populism | |
| Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement, 1900-1920 | p. 205 |
| 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 | |
| The United States Becomes a World Power | p. 214 |
| 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 | |
| World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1920 | p. 223 |
| 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 | |
| The Jazz Age | p. 234 |
| 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 | |
| The Great Depression | p. 244 |
| 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 | |
| World War II (Part I) | p. 253 |
| 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 | |
| World War II (Part II) | p. 261 |
| 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 | |
| Postwar America, 1945-1960 | p. 270 |
| 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 | |
| The New Frontier and the Civil Rights Movement | p. 279 |
| The Election of 1960 | |
| Domestic Policy: The New Frontier | |
| Foreign Policy: Cuba and Berlin | |
| The Civil Rights Movement | |
| Space Race | |
| Assassination | |
| The Great Society | p. 286 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| The Great Society | |
| Civil Rights | |
| The Women's Movement | |
| The Vietnam War | p. 291 |
| Background: Vietnam | |
| The United States Sends Troops | |
| The Vietnam War Expands | |
| Combat in Vietnam 1965-1968 | |
| Protest at Home | |
| The Tet Offensive | |
| Watergate and Its Aftermath | p. 299 |
| The 1968 Election | |
| Domestic Policy under Nixon | |
| Foreign Policy | |
| Watergate | |
| The Pardon | |
| The Reagan Era and the End of the Cold War | p. 306 |
| 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 Gulf War | |
| Reagan, Bush, and the Supreme Court | |
| Bush and Economic Affairs | |
| The 1990s and Beyond | p. 314 |
| The Election of 1992 | |
| Domestic Policy | |
| The Election of 2000 | |
| The Presidency of George W. Bush | |
| September 11, 2001 | |
| War in Iraq | |
| Six Full-Length Practice Tests | p. 319 |
| Practice Test 1 | p. 321 |
| Answer Key | p. 338 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 339 |
| Practice Test 2 | p. 343 |
| Answer Key | p. 358 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 359 |
| Practice Test 3 | p. 363 |
| Answer Key | p. 380 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 381 |
| Practice Test 4 | p. 385 |
| Answer Key | p. 400 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 401 |
| Practice Test 5 | p. 405 |
| Answer Key | p. 420 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 421 |
| Practice Test 6 | p. 425 |
| Answer Key | p. 438 |
| Answers and Explanations | p. 439 |
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