KiiKi

hi everyone.

for those of you that took APUSH last year. is there anything that you wished that you would have studied more, or anything that you wished you didn't studied as much? Also, does the AP emphasize on the last 50 years of US History. My teacher is descent, but we haven't covered that yet.

Also can people share the DBQ & free response questions from last year or any other year? (We're allow to talk abt that, right? & it doesn't violate any CB rules?) I just want to find a general trend of things to study or even write practice essays.

THANKS.

duckedtape

if you go to the collegeboard website and go to the ap section they have all of the previous years dbqs and free responses.

AP: U.S. History

here you go

vader1990

make sure you know some of the big books and authors--my AP teacher gave us a list of the 50-most important ones a day before the AP test--I studied it, and BEHOILD, the AP EXAM had 5-6 question on it...

My teacher was banking on last year's dbq on being on vietman, it was on some bull***** agricultural/guilded age/populism...so i guess STUDY VIETNAM, the dbq hasn't been on vietnam in forever so...

I got a 5, but I think my multiple choice score (probably got 72-74 correct out of 80...NO JOKE) helped more than the essays...

viciouspoultry

Last years Free Response wasn't too bad from what I remember one was about Teddy Roosevelt or something and another about farmers and their rebellions. The DBQ on the other hand was horrible, it was about agriculture of the US and it was something I just did not study.

The actual MC portion was ridiculously easy I think I might have missed at most 5 questions.

I got a 5 if that helps

lilblewskydragon

I got slightly lucky on the DBQ last year, I studied Gilded Age because I thought it would come up since it wasn't on any/many of the past essay =)

It was funny because I think I was the only person out of the people I talked to who realized the time frame was that of the Gilded Age.

You should study the major stuff that happens after WWII if you haven't gotten there in class yet. Also, important court cases pop up here and there so you should study some if you have time.
It's always good to have some specifics to write in when you're stuck on an essay.

Liist

I don't know, but I think that if you spend all year wokring on previous years' practice problems, the MC are easier than expected. It was like that for Euro, and many of those who took APUSH. I'm taking it this year, and I feel pretty confident.

Some of the testing companies make the questions pretty hard, and you would think so, until the exam comes along.

asdfjkl1

Well, I got a 5. My only tip would be make sure the names are correct and don't have a whole thing of coffee before you walk in. I don't really drink coffee. And, um, my hands were shaking from the combo of energy drinks + way too jacked coffee by the end. Due to that, I was screwing up something and writing TR instead of FDR or...opposite. Don't remember. Just check it over and make sure that everything is in order. Even if you have only a second left. Luckily, I was able to change all my TR --> FDRs before the end...in the last minute. =] ...The grader must have thought I was an idiot for screwing those two up and seeing the eraser marks...

KiiKi

ooo okay. thanks guys.

concretejungle

I took the test 2 years ago. Our DBQ was on women before 1850, or something like that.
I also remember a free-response question on the 1950s, and one on the late 1800s...but I don't remember what the actual questions were about. Lol...hope that helps a little.

I wish I had studied populism more before the test, but I still ended up with a 5.

Liist

I am a tech nerd and I'm into Wired and stuff like that. I've read that you shouldn't take large doses of caffeine at one time.

If you take caffeine, take it in small constant doses. I'd recommend a 32 oz Iced Tea or Coke or something like that instead of energy drinks and coffee.