<p>@Lemon- you wrote 2 essays in 25 minutes/a DBQ in 15? I call BS.</p>
<p>OP- I am in the same boat as you. A lot of the kids who’ve taken the course at my school said something along the lines of what everyone is telling you here. Memorization is king, but writing skills matter too. Your teacher should teach you how to write a good DBQ/FRQ though, and from the practice exams in PR and Barron’s the documents in the DBQ require little to no analysis. And since memorization is so important, reading through the textbook is going to get you nowhere if you don’t take notes and have a good memory.</p>