Ap(r) U.S. History All Access Book + Online + Mobile

AP U.S. HISTORY ALL ACCESS



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Preface
About Our Authors
About Research & Education Association
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Welcome to REA’s All Access for AP U.S. History

Chapter 2: Strategies for the Revised Exam
Section I: Strategies for the Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Sections of the Exam
Section II: Strategies for the Free-Response Section of the Exam

Chapter 3: Pre-Columbian America and Early European Contact (1491-1607) 272,000 Separate Cultures
Highly Organized Society
Some Native Tribes Rendered Nearly Extinct
Quiz 1

Chapter 4: The English Colonies (1607-1754)
Virginia
New France
New Netherlands
The Pilgrims at Plymouth
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
Maryland
The Carolinas
New York and New Jersey
The Colonial World
The 18th Century
Quiz 2

Chapter 5: The New Nation (1754-1800)
The French and Indian War
The Coming of the American Revolution
The War for Independence
The Creation of New Governments
Development and Ratification of the Constitution, 1785–1789
Outline of the United States Constitution
Separation and Limitation of Powers
The Federalist Era, 1789–1800
Washington’s Administration, 1789–1797
Foreign and Frontier Affairs
Internal Problems
John Adams’ Administration, 1797–1801
Repression and Protest
The Revolution of 1800
Quiz 3

Chapter 6: Democracy, Economic Growth, and Social Reform (1800-1848)
The Jeffersonian Era
Conflict with the Judges
Domestic Affairs
International Involvement
Madison’s Administration, 1809–1817
Postwar Developments
Internal Development, 1820–1830
The Marshall Court
Statehood: A Balancing Act
The Expanding Economy
The Transportation Revolution
Industrialization
Educational Development
Developments in Religious Life
Jacksonian Democracy, 1829–1841
The Election of 1824
The Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830
The War on the Bank
The Election of 1840
The Significance of Jacksonian Politics
The Flowering of Literature
The Fine Arts
The Transcendentalists
The Utopians
The Mormons
Diverging Societies—Life in the North
The Role of Women and Minorities
The Northeast Leads the Way
Everyday Life in the North
Diverging Societies—Life in the South
Classes in the South
The Institution of Slavery
Commerce and Industry
Life in the Southern States
Westward Movement
Tyler, Polk, and Continued Westward Expansion
An Age of Social Reform
Remaking Society: Organized Reform
Quiz 4

Mini-Test 1

Chapter 7: Expansion, Divisions, Civil War, and Reconstruction (1844-1877)
The Election of 1844
Polk as President
The Settlement of Oregon
The Mormon Migration
The Coming of War with Mexico
The Mexican-American War
The Crisis of 1850 and America at Mid-Century
The Return of Sectional Conflict
The Coming of the Civil War
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860–1877
The Union Preserved
The Ordeal of Reconstruction
Quiz 5

Chapter 8: Industrialism and the Gilded Age (1865-1898)
Politics of the Period, 1877–1882
The Economy, 1877–1882
Social and Cultural Developments, 1877–1882
The Reaction to Corporate Industrialism, 1882–1887
Politics of the Period, 1882–1888
The Economy, 1882–1887
Indians in the American West, 1865–1890
Social and Cultural Developments, 1882–1887
The Economy, 1887–1892
Social and Cultural Developments, 1887–1892
Economic Depression and Social Crisis, 1892–1897
The Economy, 1892–1897
Social and Cultural Developments, 1892–1897
Quiz 6

Chapter 9: Global and Domestic Challenges (1890-1945)
International Relations, 1890–1897
War and the Americanization of the World, 1897–1902
Foreign Policy, 1897–1902
Theodore Roosevelt and Progressive Reforms, 1902–1907
The Economy, 1902–1907
Foreign Relations, 1902–1907
Panama Canal
The Later Progressive Era, 1907–1912
Politics of the Period, 1907–1912
The Economy, 1907–1912
Social and Cultural Developments, 1907–1912
Foreign Relations, 1907–1912
The Wilson Years, 1913–1921
New Nationalism
The Election of 1916
Social Issues in the First Wilson Administration
Wilson’s Foreign Policy and the Road to War
The Caribbean
The Road to War in Europe
World War I: The Military Campaign
Mobilizing the Home Front
Wartime Social Trends
Peacemaking and Domestic Problems, 1918–1920
Domestic Problems and the End of the Wilson Administration
The Roaring Twenties and Economic Collapse, 1920–1929
The Twenties: Economic Advances and Social Tensions
American Society in the 1920s
Social Conflicts
Government and Politics in the 1920s: The Harding Administration
The Election of 1924
The Coolidge Administration
The Election of 1928
Foreign Policy in the Twenties
The Great Depression: The 1929 Crash
Reasons for the Depression
Hoover’s Depression Policies
The Election of 1932
The First New Deal
Legislation of the First New Deal
The Second New Deal: Opposition from the Right and Left
The Second New Deal Begins
The Election of 1936
The Last Years of the New Deal
Social Dimensions of the New Deal Era
Labor Unions
Cultural Trends of the 1930s
New Deal Diplomacy and the Road to War
United States Neutrality Legislation
Threats to World Order
The American Response to the War in Europe
The Election of 1940
American Involvement with the European War
The Road to Pearl Harbor
The Home Front
The North African and European Theatres
The Pacific Theatre
The Atomic Bomb
Diplomacy and Wartime Conferences
Quiz 7

Chapter 10: Domestic Prosperity and International Responsibilities (1945-1980)
The Emergence of the Cold War and Containment
United Nations
Containment in Asia
Eisenhower-Dulles Foreign Policy
The Politics of Affluence: Demobilization and Domestic Policy
Truman’s Domestic Programs—The Fair Deal
Anticommunism
Eisenhower’s Dynamic Conservatism
Civil Rights
The Election of 1960
Society and Culture
Demographic Trends
Conformity and Security
Seeds of Rebellion
Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the Liberal Revival, 1961–1963
Civil Rights
The Cold War Continues
Johnson and the Great Society, 1963–1969
Emergence of Black Power
Ethnic Activism
The New Left
The Counterculture
Women’s Liberation
Vietnam
Election of 1968
The Nixon Conservative Reaction
Vietnamization
Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Election of 1972
The Watergate Scandal
The Ford Presidency
Carter’s Moderate Liberalism
Carter’s Foreign Policy
The Iranian Crisis
The Election of 1980
Quiz 8

Chapter 11: The Rise of Conservativism, Post–Cold War Challenges, and a Changing Population (1980-Present)
American Hostage Crisis Ended
The Reagan Presidency: Attacking Big Government
Asserting American Power
Election of 1984
Second-Term Foreign Concerns
Second-Term Domestic Affairs
Election of 1988
Bush Abandons Reaganomics
Other Domestic Issues Under Bush
Bush’s Activist Foreign Policy
Collapse of East European Communism
Breakup of the Soviet Union
The Election of 1992
The Clinton Presidency—A Rocky Start
The Election of 2000
9–11 Terror Attacks Change America
First Obama Administration, 2009–2013
Quiz 9


Mini-Test 2

Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2


Appendix A: America’s Major Wars
Appendix B: Key Presidential Elections
Appendix C: Important International Treaties
Appendix D: Key Characters in American History
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Greg Feldmeth earned an A.B. degree from Occidental College and masters' degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, California State University at Los Angeles, and Columbia University in New York City. He has taught U.S. history for over 40 years, while also offering courses in Contemporary Ethical Issues, Globalization and Human Rights, European History, and World History. He is currently History Department Co-Chair and Assistant Head of School at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California. He also teaches an online course, Genocide and Human Rights through the Global Online Academy. Mr. Feldmeth has written or edited twelve U.S. history review books for teachers and students. Christine Custred teaches AP(R) United States History and AP(R) World History at Edmond Memorial High School, in Edmond, Oklahoma. She holds a master's degree in education administration (M.Ed.) and is a National Board Certified Teacher. Ms. Custred has been a College Board(R) consultant since 2000, presenting at numerous College Board(R) institutes, including international institutes. She has been an AP(R) Summer Institute consultant since 2003, presenting at more than 50 summer institutes. She has developed and team-taught a combination course that bridges AP(R) U.S. History and AP(R) English Language and has co-presented at a Southwest Regional College Board(R) conference. She has served as a reader for both the AP(R) United States and AP(R) World History exams.
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