<p>Hey you all, I'd love to hear some tips when studying for this AP US History test. Like what to focus on ..and what not to focus on..stuff like that.
Here are some that I know, please please add to this list, because time is running short. </p>
<p>1) Military history like all of the battles aren't a big part of this test, we just need to know major battles that sparked wars, etc.
2) After 1980, very few questions are asked because the test makers know that classes don't usually finish.</p>
<p>Right, so that's stuff we focus on. And for presidents, we don't need to know every little detail but rather the important things (i.e. Polk & Mexican War). Come on..anything else guys? I'm seriously freaking out.</p>
<p>...i was only half-serious...but concerning presidents I don't think we have to learn about the more obscure ones like Millard Fillmore (whoever that is) . Probably only the important ones like the founding fathers, <em>FDR</em>, Bush-Clinton-Bush a little, FDR, etc.</p>
<p>you know this 76 page "giant ahap review" seems like it's helping me. I started it a couple of hours ago. Sarorah, think I can finish it by 8:00 AM, May 6, 2005?</p>
<p>I seriously doubt we need to know anything about George W. Bush (our current president). George H. W. Bush, however, is still fair game.</p>
<p>As for presidents in general, you don't need to know the life story of every one of America's leaders, but if a president is tied to an important event that affected the country (i.e. Polk and the Mexican War, or Wilson and the League of Nations), chances are you'll need to know the details of that event that tie in with the country's administration for that time. For example, the Reconstruction of the Civil War started during the Johnson (Andrew, not Lyndon B.) era, and although Johnson was a for all intensive purposes, a Southern democrat at heart, he agreed that slavery needed to be abolished. You should probably also know that Johnson's inability to cooperate with Congress (which at the time was occupied by Radical Republicans), earned him the title of the first president ever to be impeached (thanks to the Tenure of Office Act).</p>
<p>The bottom line is, I wouldn't expect the APUSH exam to ask you a question on FDR's life as a teenager. I would expect them to ask about FDR's role in the New Deal programs and the majority of World War II. You'll probably not need to know that he died from a brain hemorrhage, but it's always good to know who followed in his footsteps, Harry Truman, and what he did to change the course of the world (HINT: Ordering the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively igniting the spark that would set off half a century of tensions surrounding nuclear warfare... a little something called the Cold War).</p>
<p>God, I hope the DBQ is on post-WWII history. :)</p>
<p>Well..Galen, you're certainly ready. :) Thanks for the tips though, they really do help.</p>
<p>See..I never got the PR book, I got REA, so..yeah, I'm not really sure on the "tips"..I'm learning the raw facts></p>
<p>Akai, you can certainly finish that in time, if you don't get bored. It's just reading after all.
I've decided to miss school tomorrow after a long quarrel with my mom and a missed lesson in chem.
It will only be 1 lesson and hopefully I can recuperate. It's kinda ironic because today my chem teacher and I were discussing how she hates it when kids miss school and that's why people deteriorate educationally over the years..and eh..I miss her class the next day.
But I really need the extra time to study.
By the way, the only thing I remember about Fillmore is that he took office after Polk died and settled the dispute over the Compromise of 1850 by accepting it. ;)</p>
<p>Okay I'm getting off subject, good luck to everyone, if anyone knows any more hints or tips, please please post. And make sure all of you go to bed early tomorrow.</p>
<p>Nice. I prophesize that I will be sick tomorrow. Sick and, therefore, unable to go to school. Hey I need it... USHAP friday, SAT saturday, Bio Monday. The next few days shall be beastly indeed. Yay. =)</p>
<p>lol. don't freak out about USHAP. If the curve is as generous as what I've heard... then we all shouldn't have any trouble owning this sucker up. Have you taken any practice MCs? It's not as bad as you might think.</p>
<p>Friday Morning: AP US Exam
Friday Afternoon: AP Euro Exam
Saturday Morning: SATIIs (Physics, US, and Lit)
Saturday Afternoon: AP Physics Class Final
Sunday: Regain sanity
Monday: AP Physics Exam</p>
<p>AP physics class final ... on a saturday? wow ur school sucks</p>
<p>akai u got the giant ap us review too? its WAY more better than rea. it actually makes sense :D but is there an extended version? it stops after the gulf of tonkin or somethin, and i really need to know reagonomics and some more civil rights crap in the 60+. i barely know nething about them.</p>
<p>as for dbq, expect it around the gilded age from my intuition, teacher, and ppl on this board =D</p>