Fast Track U S History

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: U.S. History! Covering the most important material taught in high school American history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people, and concepts in United States history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: U.S. History include: • Native Americans • Colonial America • The Revolutionary War • Abolitionism and suffrage • The Civil War and Reconstruction • The Industrial Revolution • The Great Depression • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Civil rights • Conservatism and the "New Right" • 9/11 and globalism ... and more!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: WORLD HISTORY! Covering the most important material taught in high school history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily-understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people and concepts in world history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: World History include: • The Paleolithic era • Early and Classical civilizations • The Byzantine Empire • China, Japan, and India • The Renaissance • The Enlightenment • American and French Revolutions • Imperialism • Colonialism • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Globalization ... and more!

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GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: U.S. History! Covering the most important material taught in high school American history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people, and concepts in United States history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: U.S. History include: • Native Americans • Colonial America • The Revolutionary War • Abolitionism and suffrage • The Civil War and Reconstruction • The Industrial Revolution • The Great Depression • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Civil rights • Conservatism and the "New Right" • 9/11 and globalism ... and more!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT! Covering the most important material taught in high school government classes, this essential review book gets readers on the fast track to class success, with critical information presented in an easy-to-follow quick-study format! Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important concepts, institutions, and policies covered in U.S. government & politics, social studies, and civics classes • Diagrams, charts, and graphs for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, colorful modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: American Government include: • Constitutional underpinnings • Federalism • Public opinion • Voting and polling • The effects of mass and social media • Electoral laws and systems • Political parties, interest groups, and PACs • The branches of government • The legislative process • Civil rights and civil liberties • The U.S. criminal justice system ... and more!

This book will quickly, efficiently--and above all, effectively--help students prepare to succeed on the AP World History exam. Right from the start, students will identify the course topics they most need practice on, allowing them to focus their study efforts on areas in need of improvement while also reviewing their general subject knowledge. PREPARING FOR THE AP WORLD HISTORY EXAMINATION puts students on the FAST TRACK TO A 5!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: GEOMETRY! Covering the most important material taught in high school geometry classes, this essential review book gets readers on the fast track to class success, with critical information presented in an easy-to-follow quick-study format! Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important concepts, formulas, and geometric skills • Diagrams, charts, and graphs for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, colorful modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: Geometry include: • Key terms • Angles • Polygons • Circles • Congruence and similarity • Constructions • Transformations • Trigonometry • Three-dimensional figures • Reasoning and proofs • Perimeter, area, and volume ... and more!

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