How to study for US History?

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@ahovahov8

a lot of the pre-1775 stuff seems pretty irrelevant and I didn’t see much of it in the tests.

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<p>Pretty much everything in the Barron’s book is irrelevant information. </p>

<p>Do be warned that there will be a lot of pre-revolution stuff on the SAT II. </p>

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@ahovahov8

For anybody that has taken the real SAT2 US History tests, can you recommend a good study method? And are there certain time periods I should focus more on?

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<p>The SAT II USH hits on the time periods pretty equally. There is a slight emphasis on information from 1790 - present. </p>

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@ahovahov8

I read in the other thread that Barrons is much harder than the real thing. Should I still completely study it or should I just review from a different book and just skim Barrons to see if I missed anything and do the practice tests?

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<p>The practice tests are worthless. I did two. Wasted two hours of my life. The best book is going to be The Essential Content. I read it, got an 800. </p>

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