Barron's SAT Subject Test: U.S. History w/CD-ROM

Senter M.S., Kenneth R.

ISBN 10: 1438076134 / ISBN 13: 9781438076133

Editore: Barrons Educational Series, 2016

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• Titolo: Barron's SAT Subject Test: U.S. History w/CD-ROM
• Editore: Barrons Educational Series
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1438076134
• ISBN 13: 9781438076133
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Edizione: terza edizione
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

This updated edition provides a number of tools to help students succeed on the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History:

• A diagnostic test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses
• Three full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained
• Timelines at the start of each chapter highlighting key events
• Test-taking strategies and tips for answering multiple-choice questions
• An in-depth review of U.S. history, starting with European colonization of North America and covering major topics that include: the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Great Depression, important Supreme Court cases, and more
• Review quizzes with answer explanations following every five chapters

The manual can be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM that presents two additional full-length practice tests with automatic scoring and fully explained answers.

System Requirements:
(Flash Player 10.2 is recommended)
This CD is intended to run on systems meeting the minimum requirements below.

Microsoft® Windows®:

2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks

Windows® 8, Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows® Vista (32-bit), Windows® XP (32-bit), Windows Server® 2008 (32-bit), Windows Server® 2003 (32-bit).

512MB of RAM (1GB of RAM recommended for netbooks); 128MB of graphics memory

CD-ROM drive

1024 X 768 color display

MAC OS:

Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor

Mac OS X 10.6 or higher

512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory

CD-ROM drive

1024 X 768 color display

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Table of Contents:
Preface

1 Welcome to the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History
Test Registration
How to Use This Book
Three Approaches for Three Review Paces
Introduction to the Test
Multiple-Choice Strategies
Test-Taking Strategies
Final Advice
Diagnostic Test
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations

2 Motives and Methods of European Exploration

3 Spanish, French, and Dutch Colonization

4 English Colonization

5 Colonial "American" Society

6 Mercantilism and Colonial Wars
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

7 The American Revolution and the War for Independence

8 The Critical Period and the Formation of American Values

9 The Federalist Age

10 The Jeffersonian Revolution and the Era of Good Feelings

11 The War of 1812 and the Age of Jackson
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

12 Political Evolution in the Age of Jackson

13 The Reform Impulse

14 The Ramifications of Slavery

15 Expansion and Two Wars with Mexico

16 The Last Attempts at Compromise
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

17 The Civil War

18 Reconstruction

19 The Settlement of the West

20 The New American Economy

21 Gilded Age Politics
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

22 The Revolt of the Common Man

23 The Progressive Reform Movement

24 Domestic Policy Debate

25 The Spanish-American War and the Imperialism Debate

26 American Involvement in the Great War
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

27 The Roaring Twenties: Sex, Alcohol, and Jazz

28 The Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression

29 The Rise and Fall of the New Deal

30 World War II

31 Truman and Eisenhower in Post-War America
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

32 The Changing Values of the 1960s

33 The Civil Rights Movement

34 Foreign and Domestic Crises of the Vietnam Era

35 Nixon and the Arms and Space Races

36 Presidents Looking for America
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

37 Conservative Resurgence

38 Moderate America

39 Presidential Pendulum in the Information Age

40 American Scientific and Technological Advances

41 Essential Supreme Court Cases
Mini Quiz
Answer Explanations

42 Practice Tests
Practice Test 1
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 2
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 3
Answer Key
Test Analysis
Answer Explanations
Index