<p>^I totally agree. Last year I read American Pageant and then read Amsco. I used Crash Course to review key points. Crash Course has excellent thematic chapters on African American history, women’s history, and a really great glossary of terms that showed up on the exam. BTW - great job DK and yes, I looked at Barrons and found it very confusing. Oh, I made a 5!</p>