<p>I suck really bad at this class. I just hate reading the chapters.
Do you think I can ace the tests by studying these note?</p>
<p>Chapter</a> 12 - The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism | Course-Notes.Org</p>
<p>I think I’m just going to memorize these notes and read the Chapters the day before the test.</p>
<p>Its US history. Know what happened, know trends for why things happen, and you’ll do fine. My class was really poorly paced but I still ended up with a 5.</p>
<p>how important are “key terms”? like cases like marbury v madison, or the different acts that were passed around 1800</p>
<p>If you try to memorize key terms, you aren’t going to get to apply them too well/memorize them well. I tried to understand them in the context of what was going on. You’d rather want to be familiar with the concept than just with the name. If you just know the name, the only thing you’ll think when stumped is “I heard of it somewhere before…”</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I thought, just was wondering if they were a big part of the test</p>
<p>Buy the APUSH Crash Course book by Larry Krieger. It’s 70 pages and I just read it twice. Got a 4 after barely getting a B- in the class first semester.</p>
<p>Get the AP US review book by AMSCO. Really good stuff – everyone in my school has one and reads it more than the textbook (the same one that those course notes you posted are from!). Just study hard and take notes, that helps me remember. Usually I study the night before for like 2 hours and am able to do fine on the tests…that’s just me though.</p>
<p>Get the AMSCO book. It’s really good because it gives you a general perspective on the time periods and all the specific key events in small, short paragraphs. The book itself is not even long and reading it is very easy and understandable. It’s not very good for helping you with essays in my opinion but it’s a must-have for general information. I helped me get a perfect 5 :)</p>
<p>oh my god my teacher asks questions like “how much weight can a prairie schooner hold in the 1830s” or “How many people moved to the west after the lousiana purchase? Be as exact as possible.” and these are fill in the blanks and unless you get the exact answer that he wants you don’t get any points or partial credit. he makes me go mad cause i don’t know what to memorize</p>
<p>KNOW YOUR SUPREME COURT CASES. those are basically the most important “key detail terms” you’ll need. You’ll also need key terms that were used by different people during elections, etc. But mostly, it’s all very open on the test. it’s a lot of analyzing. so if you know some things about each period, and you’re able to relate them, you’ll be fine in the essays. and process of elimination saved my life in the MC. you don’t alwas need to be exact, like your teacher is saying. its less memorization, more applying knowledge. know the basics, and know how to apply them. i knew NO facts about one of my essays, but i knew some general trends, so i wrote about them, and I got a 5.</p>
<p>shhyt i suck at writing essays though…hopefully i improve? if my teacher doesn’t stop asking me for numbers and exact statistics, im giving up on ap history</p>
<p>I was never a good essay writer either, but its really about just getting the point across. You don’t need fancy language or anything, just get it all out there, and you’llg et the points.</p>