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Product Description Barron’s SAT Subject Test U.S. History with Online Tests provides realistic practice and up-to-date content review of all test topics. This edition includes: Diagnostic test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses Three full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained Two full-length online practice tests for additional practice 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 Test-taking strategies and tips for answering multiple-choice questions Students can also use the book for quick review. Timelines at the beginning of each chapter highlight key events for quick review, and short quizzes with answer explanations are included after every five chapters. From the Inside Flap 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 Republic in Power 11 The Market Revolution Mini Quiz Answer Explanations 12 The Age of Jackson 13 The Second Great Awakening and the Reform Impulse 14 The Ramifications of Slavery 15 Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny 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 Society and Politics in the Gilded Age Mini Quiz Answer Explanations 22 The Revolt of the Common Man 23 The Progressive Reform Movement 24 Progressivism on the National Level 25 The Spanish-American War and the Imperialism Debate 26 American Involvement in the Great War Mini Quiz Answer Explanations 27 The 1920s--A Decade of Contradictions 28 The Great Depression and the New Deal 29 Challenges to the New Deal 30 World War II 31 Cold War Foreign Policy, from Truman to Kennedy Answer Explanations 32 Post-War Domestic Issues, 1945-1963 33 The Civil Rights Movement 34 The Rise of Liberalism and Challenges to the Status Quo in the 1960s 35 The War in Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement 36 Politics and Society in the 1970s Mini Quiz Answer Explanations 37 Conservative Resurgence 38 Centrist Politics in an Increasingly Globalized World--1989-2001 39 Political Developments in the Twenty-First Century 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 From the Back Cover 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