<p>Is the AP USH EXAM easy?? I picked up the new Kaplan Prep Book and looked over it. The multiple choice questions seems like 100% regurgitate of facts which comes easy for me. Plus it's an overview of 4 centuries of history. On the otherhand, I'm a so so writier. </p>
<p>I'm currently taking a standard US History Class which is quite comprehensive; all of our notes come from the AP Book. We just finished up the Jacksonian Era while the AP Class finished the Jeffersonian Era. I heard the start of the year, the AP USH teacher is crazy and unnecessarily difficult before . Therefore, I did not take the course (with NO regrets!!). </p>
<p>I know it's already approaching half way point of the school year and just 5 months till the exam but I'm a fast reader. It should be fairly easy for me to skim through an AP Textbook. The ony problem I see taking the exam is the essay portion, but I can work my ass off on that. </p>
<p>yea AP US History is pretty easy, I had a terrible teacher, didnt take notes the whole year, didnt read the textbook, and just took one practice test at the end of the year and I got a 4, so yea you can get a 5 without much effort</p>
<p>IS it really that easy? I've been having trouble with the tests my teachers gives, let alone an actual AP test. Please tell me, will it ask about battles in certain wars (civil, independence, etc)? Or specific generals in wars?</p>
<p>Also, what about that essay? The highest AP essay grade I oculd get so far is a 92 which my teacher says is a 7 out of 9! D:</p>
<p>there is no military history on the AP test so generals arent important, and specific battles maybe only really obvious ones
saratoga, yorktown, new orleans, gettysburg, vicksburg, etc...</p>
<p>Well I find that AP teachers HAVE to grade difficultly. Since AP grades usually have more weight in GPAs than standard classes, it would not be fair if the difficulty level is similar. The AP USH course in my school includes presentations, speaches, weakly papers, review sheets, and outside reading? Is it necessary to succeed in the AP Exam??......NOPE. But if someone gets an A or A-, then their GPAs will increase significantly. </p>
<p>This is just my opinion. Anyone, feel free to prove me wrong.</p>
<p>MY class, we have assignments here ad there, quizzes, DBQs, and tests. Speeches? *** do you need to give a speech in history for? Sorry for you.</p>
<p>Last year I got a 5 on the APUSH test and I didn't take the class. I've always been very good at history though.</p>
<p>On the test, there were no MC questions involving specific dates -- all the questions are related to eras, movements and other important long-term ideas with history. They are not going to ask you any random factoid trivia that is unimportant to history like "What were Stonewall Jackon's dying words?" But they will ask you questions that don't directly relate to military conflicts or politics but are still historically important like "What was the subject of the film 'The Birth of a Nation'?" (this question was on my test). </p>
<p>You should know approximately when things happened. You do not need to know precise dates (mm/dd/yy) of anything. </p>
<p>If you study history well though, you should know a lot of random facts. They can be fun to pepper free-response questions with ;) But you'll get away just fine with an overall knowledge of eras and concepts.</p>
<p>Yeah, don't fret. Our class only reached WWI by the time APs came around, and I still pulled out a 5. Just regurgitate the facts on the essays, and even go out on a limb if you can't remember what else there is. I bought a Princeton Review book and read the summaries two nights before the test. Just read American Pageant and you'll be fine. Also, it wouldn't hurt to pay attention to lectures once in a blue moon.</p>
<p>My class didn't get past WWII and I pulled off a 5 on the exam. Like others said, the most important thing to understand is trends and how they influence each other. </p>
<p>Then again, I think my score was boosted up alot by my writing. Even if I don't know much about a subject, my essays always turn out well when I'm under pressure. I think that having good essays can make the differance between a 4 and a 5.</p>
<p>Which is why I unhappily got a 740 on the US His SAT II. Damn it! I think they should have put a few essays on it...</p>
<p>Even though I'm naturally good with history, I found the APUSH exam extremely easy (got a 5). I'd recommend getting the Princeton Review book if you want a solid guide; my class used the Kaplan one and it was subpar.... before the SAT II in US (800) I looked over the PR and it looked vastly superior.</p>
<p>one of the best books for preparing yourself for the APush exam is the REA United States History book. also, for summaries on time periods and important events/things that happened, the Amsco book "united states history" by newman and schmalbach. The REA provides great MC practice, and the latter amsco one will help with pretty much everything.</p>
<p>both of these really help no matter what you're situation might be - independent study or taking it as a class. i'm doing APush as a class and APeuro independently.</p>
<p>REA has great MC-- especially the explanations. Their reviews were alittle too in-depth though. I would buy the book only for the MC questions. Amazing-- and almost identical to the test too.</p>
<p>well kind of... it's most known for reviving the Ku Klux Klan during the early 20th century. It was a silent film made in 1915. It's so well-known due to the impact it had on society and politics. Few films come close.</p>