GENERAL STRATEGIES
TEST-TAKING STEPS
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
ERA-BASED THINKING
Exploration & Colonization (1492-1763)
Revolutionary Era (1763-1783)
A New Nation (1783-1816)
Pre-Civil War (1817-1859)
Civil War & Reconstruction (1860-1877)
Gilded Age (1876-1900)
Progressive Era (1890-1920)
American Imperialism (1890-1920)
World War I (1914-1918)
Roaring 20’s (1920-1929)
Great Depression (1929-1941)
World War II (1939-1945)
Cold War (1945-1989)
Postwar Boom (1946-1959)
Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)
Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Era of Social Change (1960-1975)
End of the 20th Century (1970s-Present)
American Legacy