My 11th grader was failing 'American History' and I was beside myself trying to figure a way to get him to read and understand the subject. I had to explain to him that the title was not a personal affront to his intelligence but a style of writing that might make it easier to understand.
He seemed to understand and got right to work with a highlighter. I was and am still amazed. This is a young man who lives to play video games and would do anything not to have to read.
I'd recommend this title to others, young and old.

i would definitely recommend this book for anyone taking the u.s. history subject test. the review is great, and there are helpful test questions at the end of each section to test how well you soaked in the information. the information is concise, so for crammers all the information is laid out. there are lame jokes in it, but that i guess in a way makes the text less dull. it will be hard to score well if you haven't ever covered the information presented, though i think this book does well to teach it, you'll just need invest the time and effort. like many said, the practice test are very similar to the tests. the only complaint is that there are only 2 practice tests. i would recommend this for those who are taking AP U.S. History as well since they both cover the same information.

This book is pretty good when your short on time. I had a barrons I think or some other history test prep book the "big name" ones ( barrons kaplan princeton etc) and when you have a lot of time I mean its good to read that because they go in depth etc. However history is like a generalizations game mostly so this book gives you the major ideas and some in depth and the trends during that time so you can guess your way through the test. However I also did read like 3/4ths of the AMerican Pageant so that might've helped nonetheless i pulled a 750 and recommend this book.