<p>in my ap us history class,some students in my class do well on the tests,but i dont.my teacher never give us any notes,all he does is keep on saying that "we are going to have an EXCITING lecture tomorrow!!!" ,yea,we have a lecture.but i can never be able to learn anything from his lecture. so i try reading the textbook,but i just cant memorize all the facts from the book(i know there are a lot of unnecessary information in the book)</p>
<p>what is the best way to study for ap us history? and i have the amsco review book,do i have to read it once and memorize all the facts as much as possible?
(i want to get at least a 4)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you have to memorize a lot of those unimportant details. As always, some topics are more important than others. Just as a simple example, it would probably be prudent to review and remember many of the New Deal policies, because there is a good chance you might get a FRQ choice on something surrounding that. Then, you can pop in all those little details and pull of a stronger essay than everyone else who is bsing without evidence. There are some other hotspots, but ideally you should have a firm grasp on most of the big period and events.</p>
<p>I remember, for my US AP test DBQ, we had to write an essay on US farming in the 1870s, or something like that. I really had to stretch for details (the docs helped), since that was not a hot button topic. However, I also remember there was a FRQ question about FDR, which was great. A lot of it is luck of the draw, and the only way to protect yourself against that is to know as much as possible.</p>
<p>Here is one small thing I did for my test. I made sure to remember all the presidents in order. In doing so, I could also remember which years they were in office. That helped, because you could often associate a lot of policies and events with presidents, and knowing the president narrows down the year.</p>