the ap test for us history was a joke. Although the dbq topic for this year somewhat got me off guard (puritans in early american colonies), the MC is incredibly easy when compared to the sat2 ush MC. Not to mention the curve itself is great. I say a month of cramming before the test (with amsco or rea crashcourse) will do the job even if you do not do anything prior to that.</p>
APUSH class can be difficult due to the teacher, but the main reason for that is the amount of work most likely.</p>
The AP Exam is moderate or easy if you know U.S. History quite well. AMSCO should get you a satisfactory score for the AP Exam, and I heard Crash Course kills the MC.</p>
If you truly truly truly do your work during the school year in class you’ll be FINE on the AP test. Not only is this way less stressful than cramming three weeks before, but you’ll actually learn. It’s pretty simple.
But, of course, there’s nothing wrong with a refreshing review beforehand! It also really depends on the teacher. APUSH is the hardest course I’ve taken in high school so far, but it pays off. You learn stuff that matters and applies to happenings present day. </p>
And on a personal note: I’m convinced that every single politician should retake APUSH right about now… :)</p>
I’m taking APUSH next year!
I took WHAP this year. I don’t feel that I learned that much because it felt that I was cramming a lot cosidering I had been in the class for an entire year.
Hopefully the teacher next year will have a different style than the one this year.
Looking forward to the results though. Hopefully I passed.</p>
Can someone post a link to this crash course thing? Surprisingly (or not), i’ve never heard of it.
APUSH along with AP Bio are considered the two toughest classes at my school, not because of content, but because of the quantity of work involved. So excited for next year! (just kidding…)</p>
@ibot39
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thanks! is that what you used?
I usually just use princeton review or kaplan for this kind of stuff.</p>
Sorry I’m late in responding to your question OP. I didn’t buy my AP review book. In fact, most of my AP review books were either passed down to me or I checked them out from the library. So you could do the same if you wanted to save some money.</p>
It’s really not that hard at all. AMSCO is god</p>
My teacher claimed that it was the hardest AP testiu there, but that was probably just to cover his bases in case we did terribly. He didn’t really teach, but it’s the kind of thing you can definitely do on your own with memorization and stuff. If you have a good teacher and you study and remember the material throughout the year, it won’t be bad at all.</p>
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Well, you’re clearly a Eng/history person. Most people I know say that AP Calc BC is one of the easiest APs. @the OP, APUSH is supposed to be a lot of work, but not extremely hard.</p>
thanks for the advice everyone! i am definitely going to get all of the review books you guys recommended! they sound really helpful.</p>
I had a very difficult teacher (she used real past APUSH exams as test every other week), I worked my butt off and I got a 92.5% as a final grade. This really helped us to do well on the APUSH exam (which I never got to take 
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I’m taking APUSH next year as a Junior too.
It’s supposed to be one of the hardest classes at my school, but that’s because the teacher is REALLY good. In her class of ~20 last year only one person got a 4, all the rest were 5s. Even if it means a lot of work, I’m really glad I’m getting a teacher with a track record like that.</p>
I know it depends on the person, but APUSH isn’t really that hard. I say that because all you have to do is memorize a ton of facts and formulate some essays. There’s not much critical thinking, if any. Well, I guess a little for the essays, but barely.</p>
If you’re not confident in your history abilities, just make sure to study harder. And try not to get bogged down by the whole depressing aura that always seems to follow APUSH around. You don’t have to solve anything–just memorize and regurgitate, more or less lol</p>
^That’s all there really is to it. Read a textbook all the way through and get a good review book. If you can memorize the important events and how American society was changed as a result, you’ll be ok.</p>
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That is what I did for AP World History, AP U.S. History, and AP European History and there is no any other effective method to it.</p>