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    ELITE STUDENT EDITION AP U.S. History 2024 5 STEPS TO A ™

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    AP U.S. History 2024 Daniel P. Murphy Emily Lewellen 5 STEPS TO A ™ New York Chicago San Francisco Athens London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi Singapore Sydney Toronto ELITE STUDENT EDITION

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    CONTENTS Preface xiii Introduction: 5-Step Program xiv STEP 1 Set Up Your Study Program 1 What You Need to Know About the AP U.S. History Exam 3 Advanced Placement Program 3 AP U.S. History Exam 5 Taking the AP U.S. History Exam 6 2 Preparing for the AP U.S. History Exam 8 Getting Started 8 Three Plans for Test Preparation 10 STEP 2 Determine Your Test Readiness 3 Take a Diagnostic Exam 17 How to Use the Diagnostic Exam 17 When to Use the Diagnostic Exam 18 Conclusion (After the Exam) 18 AP U.S. History Diagnostic Exam 19 Answers to the Diagnostic Exam 39 STEP 3 Develop Strategies for Success 4 Mastering Skills and Understanding Themes for the Exam 59 The AP U.S. History Exam 59 Reasoning Skills, Historical Analytical Skills, Historical Themes, and Exam Questions 60 5 Strategies for Approaching Each Question Type 64 Multiple-Choice Questions 65 Short-Answer Questions 67 Document-Based Question (DBQ) 68 Long Essay Question 70 Using Primary Source Documents 72 STEP 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High 6 Settling of the Western Hemisphere (1491–1607) 77 Native America 77 The Europeans Arrive 78 Chapter Review 80 Review Questions 81 Answers and Explanations 83 7 Colonial America (1607–1650) 84 New France 84 English Interest in America 85 Effects of European Settlement 88 Chapter Review 88 Review Questions 89 Answers and Explanations 90 ❮ v

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    8 British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650–1750) 91 Part of an Empire 92 Interactions Between Native Americans and Europeans 93 Growth of Slavery 93 Political Unrest in the Colonies 94 Salem Witch Trials 94 Imperial Wars 95 American Self-Government 95 Salutary Neglect 96 First Great American Religious Revival 96 Chapter Review 97 Review Questions 97 Answers and Explanations 99 9 Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750–1775) 100 War in the West 101 Defeat of New France 101 The British Need Money 102 Stamp Act Crisis 102 Townshend Acts 103 Boston Massacre 104 Boston Tea Party 105 Intolerable Acts 105 First Continental Congress 106 Chapter Review 106 Review Questions 107 Answers and Explanations 108 10 American Revolution and the New Nation (1775–1787) 110 Lexington and Concord 111 Second Continental Congress 111 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 112 Declaration of Independence 112 Reactions to Independence 113 Balance of Forces 114 The War in the North 114 The Saratoga Campaign 115 The War in the South 115 The Treaty of Paris 116 New State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation 116 Financial Problems 117 Northwest Ordinances 117 Shays’ Rebellion 118 Chapter Review 118 Review Questions 119 Answers and Explanations 120 11 Establishment of New Political Systems (1787–1800) 122 The Constitutional Convention 123 The Ratification Battle 124 The Bill of Rights 125 The Birth of the Party System 125 Hamilton’s Economic Program 126 Effects of the French Revolution 126 Washington’s Foreign Policy 127 The Presidency of John Adams 127 Chapter Review 128 Review Questions 129 Answers and Explanations 131 vi ❯ Contents

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    12 Jeffersonian Revolution (1800–1820) 133 Election of 1800 134 An Assertive Supreme Court 135 A New Frontier 135 The Louisiana Purchase 136 Burr’s Conspiracy 136 Renewal of War in Europe 137 The War of 1812 138 The End of the War 138 A Federalist Debacle and the Era of Good Feelings 139 Henry Clay and the American System 139 Missouri Compromise 139 Chapter Review 140 Review Questions 141 Answers and Explanations 142 13 Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820–1845) 144 The Rise of Manufacturing 145 The Monroe Doctrine 146 Native American Removal 146 The Transportation Revolution and Religious Revival 147 An Age of Reform 147 Jacksonian Democracy 148 The Nullification Controversy 149 The Bank War 150 The Whig Party and the Second Party System 150 Chapter Review 151 Review Questions 152 Answers and Explanations 154 14 Union Expanded and Challenged (1835–1860) 155 The Society of the South 156 Manifest Destiny 157 The Alamo and Texas Independence 157 Expansion and the Election of 1844 158 The Mexican War 158 Political Consequences of the Mexican War 159 The Political Crisis of 1850 160 Aftermath of the Compromise of 1850 160 Franklin Pierce in the White House 161 The Kansas-Nebraska Act 161 “Bleeding Kansas” 162 The Dred Scott Decision 162 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 162 John Brown and Harpers Ferry 163 The Election of 1860 163 Chapter Review 164 Review Questions 165 Answers and Explanations 166 15 Union Divided: The Civil War (1861–1865) 168 North and South on the Brink of War 169 Searching for Compromise 169 Gunfire at Fort Sumter 170 Opening Strategies 170 The Loss of Illusions 171 Union Victories in the West 171 The Home Fronts 172 Contents ❮ vii

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    The Emancipation Proclamation 173 The Turn of the Tide 173 War Weariness 174 The End of the War 174 Chapter Review 175 Review Questions 176 Answers and Explanations 177 16 Era of Reconstruction (1865–1877) 179 Lincoln and Reconstruction 180 Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction 181 Efforts to Help the Freedmen 181 Radical Reconstruction 182 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 182 Final Phase of Radical Reconstruction 183 The End of Reconstruction 183 Chapter Review 184 Review Questions 186 Answers and Explanations 187 17 Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860–1895) 189 Government Encouragement of Western Settlement 190 Challenges for Western Farmers 191 Agricultural Innovation 191 Women and Minorities on the Agricultural Frontier 192 The Mining and Lumbering Frontier 192 The Ranching Frontier 193 The End of Native American Independence 193 Agrarian Anger and Populism 194 The Gold Standard 194 The Grange and Farmers’ Alliances 195 The Populist Revolt 195 Populism and the Election of 1896 196 The Idea of the West 196 Chapter Review 197 Review Questions 198 Answers and Explanations 200 18 America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870–1910) 202 An Industrial Revolution 203 Changes in American Industry 204 A Changing Workplace 204 Big Business 205 The Emergence of Labor Unions 206 Uneven Affluence 207 The New Immigration 208 The Rise of the Modern American City 209 Gilded Age Politics 210 Social Criticism in the Gilded Age 212 Chapter Review 212 Review Questions 214 Answers and Explanations 215 19 Rise of American Imperialism (1890–1913) 217 Postwar Diplomacy 218 Acquiring Hawaii 219 The New Imperialism 219 viii ❯ Contents

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    The Spanish-American War 220 Combat in the Philippines and Cuba 221 The Cuban Conundrum 221 The Debate over Empire 222 The Panama Canal 223 The Roosevelt Corollary 223 Chapter Review 224 Review Questions 225 Answers and Explanations 227 20 Progressive Era (1895–1914) 229 Roots of Progressivism 230 Progressive Objectives 231 Urban Progressivism 231 State-Level Progressivism 232 Progressivism and Women 232 Workplace Reform 233 Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal 233 Taft and Progressivism 234 The Election of 1912 235 Wilson and Progressivism 236 Assessing Progressivism 236 Chapter Review 237 Review Questions 238 Answers and Explanations 240 21 United States and World War I (1914–1921) 241 War and American Neutrality 242 Growing Ties to the Allies 243 The Breakdown of German-American Relations 244 America in the War 244 The American Expeditionary Force in France 245 The Home Front 245 Regulating Thought 246 Social Change 247 Wilson and the Peace 247 Woodrow Wilson’s Defeat 248 Chapter Review 249 Review Questions 250 Answers and Explanations 252 22 Beginning of Modern America: The 1920s 254 The Prosperous Twenties 255 The Republican “New Era” 256 Warren G. Harding as President 256 President Calvin Coolidge 258 The Election of 1928 258 The City Versus the Country in the 1920s 259 Popular Culture in the 1920s 262 Jazz Age Experimentation and Rebellion 262 The Growth of the Mass Media 263 A Lost Generation? 263 Chapter Review 264 Review Questions 266 Answers and Explanations 267 23 Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939) 269 Harbingers of Crisis: Economic Weaknesses of the 1920s 271 Black Tuesday and the End of the Bull Market 272 Contents ❮ ix

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    The Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression 272 The Great Depression and American Society 273 President Hoover and the Depression 274 The Election of 1932 275 The Hundred Days 276 The Second New Deal 277 The Election of 1936 278 Critics of the New Deal 279 Twilight of the New Deal 280 Impact of the New Deal 281 American Culture During the New Deal 282 Chapter Review 282 Review Questions 284 Answers and Explanations 285 24 World War II (1933–1945) 287 American Isolationism in the 1930s 288 The United States, the Middle East, and Anti-Semitism 289 The Election of 1940 and the End of Isolationism 290 The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 291 The War Against Germany 292 The Middle East in World War II 293 The War Against Japan 294 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb 295 The Home Front 295 Civil Rights During the War 296 Chapter Review 297 Review Questions 298 Answers and Explanations 300 25 Origins of the Cold War (1945–1960) 302 The Beginnings of the Cold War 304 Europe and the Cold War 304 Communist Victories 306 The Middle East and the Cold War 306 The Cold War at Home 308 The Korean War 309 Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism 310 President Eisenhower and the Cold War 311 Tensions with the Soviet Union 312 Chapter Review 313 Review Questions 314 Answers and Explanations 316 26 Prosperity and Anxiety: The 1950s 318 The Return of Prosperity 319 Politics in the Postwar Era 320 The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement 321 Life in Suburbia 322 Chapter Review 324 Review Questions 325 Answers and Explanations 326 27 America in an Era of Turmoil (1960–1975) 328 The 1960 Election 329 The Liberal Hour of the 1960s 330 The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s: From Integration to Black Power 331 The Expansion of Rights Movements 333 x ❯ Contents

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    Cold War Crisis 334 The Vietnam War 335 Chapter Review 338 Review Questions 339 Answers and Explanations 341 28 Decline and Rebirth (1968–1988) 343 The Presidency of Richard Nixon 344 The Ford Administration 347 The Carter Administration 348 The Election of 1980 349 The Reagan Administration 350 Chapter Review 352 Review Questions 353 Answers and Explanations 355 29 Prosperity and a New World Order (1988–2000) 357 The Election of 1988 358 The Presidency of George H. W. Bush 358 The Election of 1992 359 The Presidency of Bill Clinton 360 The Election of 2000 362 Chapter Review 362 Review Questions 363 Answers and Explanations 365 30 Threat of Terrorism, Increase of Presidential Power, and Economic Crisis (2001–2016) 367 The Presidency of George W. Bush 368 The Obama Presidency 371 President Obama’s Second Term 372 The Election of 2016 374 Chapter Review 375 Review Questions 377 Answers and Explanations 379 31 Tumultuous Years: The Trump and Biden Presidencies (2017–2022) 381 Domestic Affairs 382 Foreign Policy 384 Biden: Domestic Affairs 388 Biden: Foreign Policy 389 Chapter Review 390 Review Questions 392 Answers and Explanations 393 STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence AP U.S. History Practice Exam 1 399 Answers to Practice Exam 1 416 AP U.S. History Practice Exam 2 437 Answers to Practice Exam 2 455 ELITE 5 Minutes to a 5 STUDENT 180 Daily Questions and Activities 477 EDITION Glossary 715 Bibliography 747 Websites 749 Contents ❮ xi

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