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Introduction
What Is This Book and When Should I Use It?
Welcome to ASAP U.S. History, your quick-review study guide for the AP U.S. History Exam written by the staff of The Princeton Review. This is a brand-new series custom built for crammers, visual learners, and any student doing high-level AP concept review. As you read through this book, you will notice that there arent any practice tests, end-of-chapter drills, or multiple-choice questions. Theres also very little test-taking strategy presented in here. Both of those things (practice and strategy) can be found in The Princeton Reviews other top-notch AP seriesCracking. So if you need a deep dive into AP U.S. History, check out Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam at your local bookstore.
ASAP U.S. History is our fast track to understanding the materiallike a fantastic set of class notes. We present the most important information that you MUST know (or should know or could knowmore on that later) in visually friendly formats such as charts, graphs, and maps, and we even threw a few jokes in there to keep things interesting.
Use this book anytime you wantits never too late to do some studying (nor is it ever too early). Its small, so you can take it with you anywhere and crack it open while youre waiting for soccer practice to start or for your friend to meet you for a study date or for the library to open.* ASAP U.S. History is the perfect study guide for students who need high-level review in addition to their regular review and also for students who perhaps need to cram pre-Exam. Whatever you need it for, youll find no judgment here!
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Who Is This Book For?
This book is for YOU! No matter what kind of student you are, this book is the right one for you. How do you know what kind of student you are? Follow this handy chart to find out!
As you can see, this book is meant for every kind of student. Our quick lessons let you focus on the topics you must know, you should know, and you could knowthat way, even if the test is tomorrow (!), you can get a little extra study time in, and learn only the material you need.
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