APUSH Crunch Time - What is everybody doing?

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<p>My class is booking…we’re in the Great Depression and doing like 2 chapters a week and tests every 2.5 weeks. Too bad the speed is killing our grades. :(</p>

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<p>My class is booking…we’re in the Great Depression and doing like 2 chapters a week and tests every 2.5 weeks. Too bad the speed is killing our grades.</p>

<p>^^
Haha, I really don’t think you know what speed is. Try doing a test every Tuesday and Friday each on two chapters.</p>

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<p>we finished great depression today! </p>

<p>ive been doing some crash course</p>

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<p>The thing is, we’re also having review tests…so basically we’re having a 50Q review tests on every 4-chapter unit starting with the beginning of the year ever week in addition to our 80Q + Essay tests on our latest Unit every 2.5 weeks. </p>

<p>This week I have a Review Test on All the Supreme Court Cases + General Eras of history on Monday…and then the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression test on Tuesday…Plus the fact that my Workbook chapters for the Two chapters AFTER the unit we’ve just learned will also be due on Tuesday…</p>

<p>-bangs head on wall-</p>

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<p>Does anyone know of a good website that has practice MC questions?</p>

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<p>^ I think the CB might have them. You could also try asking your APUSH teacher for older AP tests for practice if he/she’s willing to give them to you.</p>

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<p>We’re on WWII of American Pageant and I haven’t bought a review book for the class. Why does everyone freak over APUSH?</p>

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<p>There’s just too much information to remember and the questions are too specfic, IMO.</p>

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<p>im really overwhelmed with this. we have the american pageant and we just got done with the cold war.
ive been coasting through the year with about a b+ which is at the topmost of the class (our teacher’s really hard and picky) but i have NO CLUE where to start with this subject.
any suggestions on the most common topics on the exam or should i just start at colonial times?</p>

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<p>IMO APUSH was the easiest AP test I took. The test is hard enough that you’re not going to get 95%, but getting 65+/80 consistently is very manageable. From there you only need to get 5’s on the essays. If you know what you’re doing, you should be able to get a 6 on the DBQ without really knowing anything about the topic (though it did help me that I had taken AP Euro). If you can get 65/6, then a total of 8 points on the remaining essays should get you a 5.</p>

<p>AP Euro covers more countries for a longer timespan, and the questions are pretty close in specificity.</p>

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<p>If you really don’t know where to smart or how much you need to learn, I would suggest browsing through the book chapter by chapter and copying down important people, events and terms. Get a good feel for what each of those things is. Use flashcards if necessary. You should have more than just a few names and events per chapter.</p>

<p>One important thing is to take a practice test (or part of one) first and seeing how much of it you know. Studying and worrying obsessively may not be necessary.</p>

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<p>I have a good cram packet and a huge review packet that I found elsewhere for APUSH if anyone wants me to send it to them just PM me your email.</p>

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<p>I got a huge packet from my teacher. Some review sheets. Got Crash Course. Will get SAT 2 practice tests and AP tests and AMSCO. </p>

<p>My real prep begins at the start of Spring Break. So next week.</p>

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<p>We finished two weeks ago, but we started at the civil war.
So everything before that is hazy.</p>

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<p>um we’re up to… the New Era (<3 my teacher; it’s like hero worship). We’re doing in class dbq stuff as tests now… so it kills my grade but it’s like mandatory AP prep. I’m scared. I only have x number of weeks left with SAT I’s GAH.</p>

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<p>Wow, it seems like a lot of you guys are behind on the syllabus.</p>

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<p>Our class is behind due to the nature of the block scheduling, but I am just reading AMSCO, reviewing some of the notes on the Sparknotes US History SAT subject test, and reading the Crash course book. Its working out pretty good, and I should be done with AMSCO by the end of the week.</p>

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<p>I know this may seem naive, but what is AMSCO? Is it just a review book for APUSH? And where can you get it? I picked up the Barron’s review book at Barnes and Noble today. Is this as good as AMSCO? </p>

<p>Sorry for all of the questions! It seems like many of the people posting are way behind on learning material. My class just took a class on Vietnam/Nixon/Watergate era. I just took a practice test and only got about 60% of the multiple choice correct. Is this awful considering I haven’t started prepping yet and history is by far my worst subject in school?</p>

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<p>The AMSCO book (United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination) should be available just about anywhere; try Amazon first, though. It’s an excellent review book for APUSH. It’s concise and entirely factual, and definitely helped me and my class last year. I honestly think I could have done without my textbook and just gone with this book, haha.</p>

<p>Get some flashcards while you’re at it. Oh, and don’t forget to review the common DBQ topics-- look at the recent DBQs and see which ones have already been done if you want an idea of what is due to come out this year.</p>

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