<p>is it sufficient to just read AMSCO's review book without reading the textbook and get a 5? (my textbook is called Liberty, Equality, Power)</p>
<p>Yep it is. But your textbook is only a social history of the united states though.</p>
<p>would you recommend it? (i'm not a history guru)</p>
<p>Yeah. I recommend Amsco. It has everything you need to know. And the author is on the AP test making committee. But Power Liberty Equality stresses the social parts of history over the other parts. in terms of historiography. So the textbook emphasizes social change and the lives of people and literature and artwork more than politics or military or the traditional history that we know, etc.</p>
<p>Do we need to memorize AMSCO? Or should we just understand what the real effect of the war of 1812 was, or should i memorize the 8 facts they list?</p>
<p>politics is probably important on the exam, but are military facts that important? my teacher said that we just have to focus on the outcomes and the significance of the wars/battles, and not so much like the dates, specific battles...</p>
<p>No, military facts are the least important. Just know the effects that those battles caused. And know relatively the chronological order of a series events. (For example, know the order of events that led up to the Civil War.)
The test will ask you to order them using roman numerals (though this type of question hasn't shown up on the test for a while). and dudeman, you only need to focus on the effects of battles and WHY they happened.</p>
<p>thanks xtra!</p>
<p>i will commence ordering AMSCO as i speak!
it's too bad that they don't sell in bookstores (at least not near me)
hopefully it will come by the end of next week...</p>
<p>Yeah, b/c amsco is sucha small pub</p>