@ runallday4
Getting 75% and 6’s on all essays will give you a very good chance at a 5. Of course, the curve changes year to year, so no guarantees!</p>
According to the curve in 2006, you would have gotten a five.</p>
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Supreme Court Cases:</p>
Very common ones are Marbury v. Madison (judicial review), Scott v. Sanford (Congress denied right to prohibit slavery), Plessy v. Ferguson (“separate but equal”), and Brown v. Board of Education (overturned Plessy). </p>
Common ones are Muller v. Oregon (women given special labor parameters), Schenck v. U.S. (WWI, free speech restricted), Korematsu v. U.S. (WWII detention camps for Japanese-Americans constitutional), Gideon v. Wainwright (provided attorney), Miranda v. Arizona (rights are read to the arrested, “right to remain silent”, and Bakke v. Regents of University of California (upheld affirmative action, but 4/4/1 split. Very weak decision.)</p>
It probably wouldn’t hurt to know McCulloch v. Maryland (states cannot tax the federal government), Gibbons v. Ogden (Congressional power over interstate commerce), Cherokee Nation/Worcester v. Georgia (Native American tribes given rights to land), the “Insular Cases,” (imperialism, “the Constitution does not follow the flag”) Lochner v. New York (labor, limited hours for bakers unconstitutional), Schechter v. U.S. (NIRA deemed unconstitutional), and Roe v. Wade (upheld a woman’s right to an abortion.)</p>
i’m like deadly afraid right now…i’m so not prepared- my class only really only got to 1877 D: then crammed these past few months
Ive been self studying for a while but still don’t feel prepared, any suggestions?
i was going to spend tomorrow review 1900s-will i be fine?</p>
robskie) Here is a free released exam from collegeboard.
It’s a bit old though…It was the 1996 test.
[AP</a> Central - AP U.S. History – Previously Released Materials](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board)</p>
With this much time left, I would recommend just learning the different eras of US history and then recognizing important aspects of each. Do NOT try to cram dates. Just learn the flow of history. History is all about cause and effect and change over time. Who cares when something happened if you don’t know the significance of that time period?</p>
Just quickly review. That’s what I’ll be doing!</p>
Dates are important to a degree. If you know a certain date of something happened you can tell what era you are in. </p>
Just a small tip.</p>
looking at past free response and dbq trends, anyone have any predictions on what to expect for this years?</p>
@kayak48
I literally came on here to ask that exact same question.</p>
I am guessing something about the Civil War for the DBQ or maybe Progressive Era. People have also been saying poss. something about War of 1812. I’m pretty sure after using Nixon/60-70s last year they can’t have much of anything past the 1940s for the DBQ and since before that it was centered around Puritans/colonial area for DBQ it possibly could be something in the middle of those two, and the Civil War is stressed a lot on the AP test. I’m interested to see what other people think though. </p>
In other news, I am extremely worried about the free response. I think I should be fine on the multiple choice but we have an inadquate teacher and we’ve done 0 DBQs all year and 0 timed essays this year. </p>
I am only on Chapter 21 of the AMSCO book too and I wanted to get it done by tomorrow. =(
I hate my life. Just kill me now.</p>
How representative you guys think the 1996 test is of the upcoming one? Were there drastic changes from 1996-2012?</p>
how many times do you guys read your review books?</p>
i read crash course once, and DH twice. gonna reread DH tomorrow one last time to brush up, and hopefully get to some real practice(written all of TWO essays this whole year).
i’m freaked because i failed euro and need a 5 this time around :(</p>
Doing brainstorms for possible FRQs, reading through AMSCO (again).</p>
how do u write the best thesis for “analyze…” FRQ? Anybody want to help me woth writing essays?
and what are some predicted essay topics i should review? </p>
thanks!</p>
i know its pointless to take notes on the crash course because it is as simplified as you can get… but im not sure how else to retain it! I cant retain just by reading, any suggestions?</p>
I’m planning to read the whole AMSCO by tonight AND practice essays. I’m only on page 23 right now…
Wish me luck. Lol</p>
you guys should read this, especially those who are cramming
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1964–1980[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1964–1980)</a></p>
it splits it into nice periods and gives you the important stuff. Reading after finishing amsco or a textbook is giving me a huge boost. I got a 65/80 on the 2008 released exam thanks to reading from wiki.</p>
Also every dbq asks questions like how did it effect political, economic, and social tensions. Reading wikipedia is deffinately helping me with answering the past dbq’s.</p>
I’m currently trudging through Amsco as well, while surrounded by tissues (I have the flu ugh)
Good luck everyone!
I’m just trying to concentrate and absorb the book at this point T__T</p>
I remember details individually, especially since I have an awesome APUSH teacher who taught the class very well, but I’m terrible at putting things into the timeline/time frame of US History.
Also, when I see the words “mid-19th century” or “beginning of the 20th century” my mind goes blank.</p>
Anyone have the same problem? Anyone have a solution other than trying to memorize eras and such? D:</p>
I’m so unprepared it’s insane :[ currently studying and cramming as much as I can. If i do fail the test,how much will it hurt me when applying for colleges?</p>
You don’t have to submit all your scores, so it won’t hurt you…</p>
Btw, I’m so scared for the MC… I’m scared it’s gonna be horrible because we can guess on every question >.<</p>
I went through last year’s thread and they said the MC was harder than the released exams )=</p>