Gives helpful test-taking strategies, document-based question essay-writing practice, new current events, foreign policy and election information, and six actual New York Regents examinations.

This book has been written to help you, the student, review your United States history and government courses in order to take the New York State Regents Examination. The purpose of this book is to: help you focus on the key facts, themes, and concepts tested on the Regents Examination; familiarize you with the format of the Regents Examination; provide you with the test-taking skills you need to succeed on the Regents Examination.-p. v.

Gives helpful test-taking strategies, document-based question essay-writing practice, new current events, foreign policy and election information, and six actual New York Regents examinations.

Gives helpful test-taking strategies, document-based question essay-writing practice, new current events, foreign policy and election information, and six actual New York Regents examinations.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.