The multiple choice seemed harder than the previous exams they’ve released. More nuanced questions about less obvious parts of history.</p>
Liked the DBQ, one of the eras I actually knew about before the class. FRQs… liked none of them. Picked 2 and 4 but overall they seemed to be on the more trivial parts of US history.</p>
@echoyjeff: Oh, I didn’t know we had to use that much outside info xD. I wrote about the Nixon agreed to have a cease-fire during Tet, which wasn’t even in the documents, but it supported my thesis (I hope that counts as a lot of outside info!). And I put in about the Iran Oil Embargo (I know energy crisis was in there, but they didn’t say it was from that). And I added some background to Watergate if that does anything.</p>
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I mentioned using 3 documents, but I technically drew basic information from a lot of them, so do they only count the three I specifically said I took information from?</p>
Just finished!!
My proctor was really scary -.- he wouldn’t warn us when we were running out of time, he’d just randomly yell “CLOSE YOUR BOOKLET!” like a police officer.
I was bracing myself for a really hard DBQ, but it was such a nice surprise that it wasn’t on the Gilded Age. I was running out of time on the last FRQ and it turned out kind of short and sloppy I hope my grader will be able to read it.
And some of the MC questions I had no idea about but I think I did fine.
I’m so glad it’s over! I’m freeeeee</p>
DBQ I was overall really happy with - my school doesn’t technically have “APUSH” (though we use the American Pageant), so this past week was on the early 1970s. When I saw the question I almost lost it laughing.</p>
And I did 3 and 5 FRQ. My instant reaction was against 2, because I didn’t think I could expand the topic that much… maybe I just knew less about it than I thought though hahah.</p>
And MC I thought was really easy save 3-4 questions. But I’ve always done really well with MCs on practice exams.</p>
I wouldn’t worry about that, I’m pretty sure it’s seen as a very minor error. If you said START they’d know that you know what you’re talking about, you just got a detail messed up. I think you’re fine. :)</p>
What do you guys think of how much specific information to put into the essays? I feel ok about the parties one although I’m still not totally sure if I answered the question, but for the African American one I compared a bunch of the leaders, basically mentioning four and a few of their groups, but I focused mainly on analysis rather than specific events that each leader was involved in. I feel confident enough about the overall test that I’m pretty sure I got a 5 (based on practice tests), but do you think having some main examples with a lot of analysis with few details is enough for maybe a 7? Or would that be more of a 4/5/6?</p>
I know for the DBQ there’s the “2/3” rule where you use 2/3 of the documents…I used all but 2 and I think my best essay was that one because I put a ton of outside information in it and I had a lot of time. Plus I actually liked learning about Nixon.</p>
I guess Tricky Dick wasn’t too bad of a topic to write about… </p>
But seriously, its the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War (like someone mentioned above) I wonder why we weren’t tested on that.</p>
As an APUSH teacher, I am only coming on here to refute some of “Mr. Lyle’s” statements:</p>
It is NOT the single job of the teacher to prepare them for the test. It is the job of the teacher to instruct, inspire, and convey knowledge about the subject matter. This teacher clearly has strong opinions about how to prepare students. ONLY using test questions from previously used tests is one way to skin a cat, but not the only way.</p>
I am sure most of you have good, dedicated teachers who have not only prepared you for the test but also prepared you to use history in a way that will be useful beyond this one day. It is unfortunate that a colleague has taken the opportunity to place himself above others and deem his way to be the only and best way though by my account he appears to be relatively inexperienced at teaching the class. (3 years.)</p>
I write this as a teacher whose students have had overwhelming success on the exam and would take very few of the strategies used by Mr. Lyle as unchallenged pedagogy.</p>
Congratulations to everyone on finishing up.</p>
multiple choice…so hard! so many specific questions. definitely harder than practice tests/previously released exams.</p>
i did 2 and 5 thought those were the easiest.</p>
i felt the mc were very hard, i use Princeton and rea to study and i did all of there mc question and compared to the test they were cake. any impute?</p>
For those that did FRQ 2, what outside info did you use?
For the life of me I couldn’t think of any specifics, I didn’t remember Bacon’s Rebellion just talked about rebellions in general. Talked about joint stock companies, use of indentured servants, triangle trade, tobacco/cotton, lack of any legislation restricting it… but that’s about it.
What did you guys say?</p>
Monkey1c2d…</p>
I think you found the multiple choice to be more difficult becuase the REA’s multiple choice tests for apush aren’t that accurate…
I looked at them, but I didn’t use them.</p>
And when I took chem on monday, the princeton review’s tests were much easier than the actual… Thats funny though, people say the princeton review is the “most accurate”</p>
Some of those literature questions caught me by surprise, other then that i think multiple choice and dbq were pretty fair, and the frq’s were pretty hard IMHO</p>
Ya I thought they were hard too</p>
It was surprisingly much easier than I thought it would be. I’m pretty sure I got a 5.</p>
@smwhtslghtlydzed thanks.</p>
I think 2 was the easiest. I basically talked about how slavery was very intensively used as an economic system in the South while it collapsed in the north. I also talked about its origins and how it got to North America. I think 4 was the easiest between 4 and 5. First, my concern is that there were too much information and details to write about 5 (although I could have continued talking about African Americans). Second, I already began when the time limit to write for the first frq was done (although i could have written more). In the second one, i talked about the know-nothing party in the first period and the legislations in the next.</p>
Oh god, I completely forgot to talk about the immigration restriction bans of 1924! Gahhh</p>
I thought the MC really wasn’t that bad at all. Im hoping for a 60/80, but who knows. I got boned by the first FRQ. I did 3/5, and I completely went blank when it came to parties, and I focused so much on the 1800-1980’s that I forgot to study the 1600’s. Either way, it’s only one essay and I’m hoping it doesn’t hurt me too much. The DBQ was relatively easy. I only used 4 of the documents. I’m not really sure why it’s all that necessary to use almost all of them. The last FRQ I think I did well on. For 1890-1910 I used W.E.B DuBois and Marcus Garvey/ 50’s-60’s MLK and Rosa Parks. I used the NAACP, back to africa, all that stuff. I know I got the date of the establishment of the NAACP wrong and I think in my rush to get it done I put Garvey instead of DuBois, though I’m not sure. To be honest, I’m really not that confident in the FRQ essays, but all I really want is a 3, so heres hoping.</p>
In retrospect, I probably could have studied more. I’m not all that concerned seeing as its just one test that doesn’t mean that much to me. I know genius people who got a 2, so I don’t see the point in stressing. Especially now, because whats done is done.</p>
theking101, thanks,</p>
what book did you use?</p>
This is my first post so be gentle haha. So I have been reading this thread for a while now and THANK GOD it has helped me feel way more confident about this test.</p>
Did anyone know what a “contraband” was? I don’t remember learning that or seeing it in any of the review books.</p>