Part I: How to Use This Book
Chapter 1: The Five-Step Program

Part II: What You Need to Know About the AP U.S. History Exam
Chapter 2: Introduction to the AP U.S. History Exam

Part III: A Comprehensive Review of United States History
Chapter 3: The Settling of the Western Hemisphere and Colonial America (1450-1650)
Chapter 4: The British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650-1750)
Chapter 5: Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750-1775)
Chapter 6: The American Revolution and the New Nation (1775-1787)
Chapter 7: The Establishment of the New Political Systems (1787-1800)
Chapter 8: The Jeffersonian Revolution (1800-1820)
Chapter 9: The Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820-1845)
Chapter 10: The Union Expanded and Challenged (1835-1860)
Chapter 11: The Union Divided: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Chapter 12: The Era of Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Chapter 13: Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860-1895)
Chapter 14: America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870-1910)
Chapter 15: The Rise of American Imperialism (1890-1913)
Chapter 16: The Progressive Era (1895-1914)
Chapter 17: The United States and World War I
Chapter 18: America in the 1920s: The Beginning of Modern America
Chapter 19: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Chapter 20: World War II
Chapter 21: The Origins of the Cold War
Chapter 22: The 1950s: Prosperity and Anxiety
Chapter 23: America in an Era of Turmoil (1960-1975)
Chapter 24: America from1968-1988: Decline and Rebirth
Chapter 25: America from 1988 to 2000: Prosperity and a New World Order
Chapter 26: America from 2001 to 2006: The Threat of Terrorism and the Increase of Presidential Power
Chapter 27: Contemporary America: Evaluating the "Big Themes" of American History

Part IV: Developing Confidence by Taking Practice Examinations
Part V: Glossary