Part A: 55 minutes
Part B: 40 minutes
55 multiple-choice questions
3 short answer questions
40%
20%
Part A: 60 minutes (including 15-minute reading period)
Part B: 40 minutes
1 document-based question
1 long essay
25%
15%
Questions are grouped into sets of three or four questions and based on a primary source, secondary source, or historical issue. Each set of questions is based on a different piece of source material. This section will test your ability to analyze and engage with the source materials while recalling what you already know about U.S. history.
The three questions in this section will be tied to a primary source, historical argument, data or maps, or general propositions of U.S. history. Students are required to answer the first and second questions and then answer either the third or the fourth question. You are not required to develop and support a thesis statement, but you must describe examples of historical evidence relevant to the source or question.
The DBQ question requires you to answer a question based on seven primary source documents and your knowledge of the subject and time period. All the documents will pertain to a single subject. Students should develop an argument about the question and use the documents to support this argument.
For the long essay question, you’ll be given a choice of three essay options on the same theme, and you must choose one. You must develop and defend a relevant thesis, but there won’t be any documents on which you must base your response. Instead, you’ll need to draw upon your own knowledge of topics you learned in your AP U.S. History class.
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AP scores are reported from 1 to 5. Colleges are generally looking for a 4 or 5 on the AP U.S. History exam, but some may grant credit for a 3. Here’s how students scored on the May 2020 test:
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5 | Extremely qualified | 10.8% |
4 | Well qualified | 15.6% |
3 | Qualified | 21.9% |
2 | Possibly qualified | 23.0% |
1 | No recommendation | 28.8% |
Source: College Board
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Based off of excerpts from Ray Allen Billingham’s Westward Expansion, A History of the American Frontier , 1949 and Carlos A. Schwantes’ The Concept of the Wagoners’ Frontier, 1987, this was Question 1 on the short answer question section of the 2022 APUSH Exam.
1. Using the excerpts, respond to parts a, b, and c. a. Briefly describe one major difference between Billington’s and Schwantes’ historical interpretations of the American West. b. Briefly explain how one historical event or development from 1848 to 1898 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Billington’s interpretation. c. Briefly explain how one historical event or development from 1848 to 1898 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Schwantes’ interpretation.
Question 2 of the short-answer section was based off of an excerpt from John Mercer Langston’s petition to the Ohio state legislature, 1854. It asked:
2. Using the excerpt, respond to parts a, b, and c.
a. Briefly describe the point of view of the excerpt.
b. Briefly explain how one specific historical event or development between 1783 and 1854 led to developments such as that depicted in the excerpt.
c. Briefly explain how one specific historical event or development between 1854 and 1877 resulted from developments such as that depicted in the excerpt.
Questions 3 and 4 of the short answer section were as follows:
3. Respond to parts a, b, and c.
a. Briefly describe one way that one Native American society adapted to its environment prior to European contact.
b. Briefly explain one similarity in how Native American societies in two regions adapted to European contact from 1492 to 1763.
c. Briefly explain one difference in how Native American societies in two regions adapted to European contact from 1492 to 1763.
4.Respond to parts a, b, and c.
a. Briefly describe one way reform movements responded to economic conditions from 1880 to 1920.
b. Briefly explain one similarity in how two reform movements attempted to change United States society from 1880 to 1920.
c. Briefly explain one difference in how two reform movements attempted to change United States society from 1880 to 1920.
Section II of the AP U.S. History free-response section comprises of a document-based question (DBQ) and one long essay question (LEQ), which you can choose to answer from three different prompts.
Question 1, the document-based question on the 2022 APUSH Exam asked test takers to:
1. Evaluate the extent to which the United States developed an identity between 1800 and 1855.
For the long essay questions, students were asked to respond to one of the following prompts:
2. Evaluate the relative importance of causes of population movement to colonial British America in the period from 1607 to 1754.
3. Evaluate the relative importance of causes of the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States in the period from 1865 to 1900.
4. Evaluate the relative importance of causes of internal migration within the United States in the period from 1900 to 1970.
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Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the United States from c. 1491 to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.
Evaluating primary and secondary sources
Analyzing the claims, evidence, and reasoning you find in sources
Putting historical developments in context and making connections between them
Coming up with a claim or thesis and explaining and supporting it in writing
College course equivalent.
A two-semester introductory college course in U.S. history
Fri, May 9, 2025
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP United States History Exam.
The course content outlined below is organized into commonly taught units of study that provide one possible sequence for the course. Your teacher may choose to organize the course content differently based on local priorities and preferences.
Unit 1: period 1: 1491–1607.
You’ll learn about Native American societies as well as how and why Europeans first explored, and then began to colonize, the Americas.
Topics may include:
On The Exam
4%–6% of score
You'll study the colonies established in the New World by the Spanish, French, Dutch, and British.
6%–8% of score
You'll explore the events that led to the American Revolution and the formation of the United States and examine the early years of the republic.
10%–17% of score
You’ll examine how the young nation developed politically, culturally, and economically in this period.
You’ll learn how the nation expanded and you’ll explore the events that led to the secession of Southern states and the Civil War.
You’ll examine the nation’s economic and demographic shifts in this period and their links to cultural and political changes.
You’ll examine America’s changing society and culture and the causes and effects of the global wars and economic meltdown of this period.
You’ll learn about the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, the growth of various civil rights movements, and the economic, cultural, and political transformations of this period.
You’ll learn about the advance of political conservatism, developments in science and technology, and demographic shifts that had major cultural and political consequences in this period.
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Review these tips to help you better understand and analyze the material you’ll read in this course.
Read these suggestions for writing a good essay, such as one you’d write as a response to a document-based question or other free-response question on the exam.
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AP United States History can lead to a wide range of careers and college majors
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APUSH Review: Rebellions and Conflict in the Colonial Era
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APUSH Review: Religion in the Colonies
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APUSH Review: The Growth of Slavery and its Consequences
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APUSH Review: The French and Indian War
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APUSH Review: The Revolutionary War
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APUSH Review: The Revolution of 1800
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Comparing the 1st and 2nd Party System
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APUSH Review: Causes of Sectional Conflict: 1820 – 1860
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September 17, 2014 at 7:17 PM
Hello Sir, I was wondering do you have the power point used in the Religion in the Colonies as the one posted for viewing, if so, I would like to use
September 17, 2014 at 11:11 PM
Feel free to use it. It’s right under the video on this page.
September 18, 2014 at 11:45 AM
Thanks Adam but it seems to be a different variation of the video posted
September 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM
Sorry about that. I believe it’s fixed now.
November 16, 2014 at 12:54 AM
Hey Mr. Norris, I would like to say a very big THANK YOU to your videos. I started searching online for study guides for the new APUSH exam and I came across your channel on youtube which led me to this website. I think this will be a great resource for study for my APUSH exam coming May. One thing I noticed for the Revolution of 1800 video that I thought you might have missed was the 12th Amendment and how that changed the way people voted b/c of the tie and the whole House of Reps business that happened when Aaron Burr was a part of it. I guess you could add it to the Politics section…I only say this bc I had to do this essay in class. Other than that, I think your videos are perfect. Keep doing what you are doing. I am really thankful of this site. 😀 🙂
November 17, 2014 at 1:07 AM
Thanks for adding that, I did forget to mention that in the video. I appreciate your continued support throughout the year. Good luck!
January 8, 2015 at 2:22 AM
You are amazing! This is such a helpful website and you seem very kind and generous for putting out all this help for free! What inspired you to do this?
January 8, 2015 at 11:33 PM
Long story short, I started the videos for my students. More and more people started watching and asked for my resources (PPTS, Fill-in-the-blank guides, etc.) I figured since I have them anyway for my students, I’m happy to share with others if it works. I’m blown away by how many people use them and am very grateful.
January 22, 2017 at 3:58 AM
This is great work you are doing, and I really appreciate it (so does my grades–I want from a “B-” at an “A”!). Keep up your great work. 😉
October 12, 2017 at 10:32 AM
There is not a link to download the powerpoint for “Growth of Slavery and its consequences”. Is it available for use? Thanks so much for your lessons.
October 12, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Thanks for letting me know it wasn’t up. I didn’t realize it wasn’t. I just uploaded it, so feel free to use it. Thanks for the support.
October 12, 2017 at 5:51 PM
September 16, 2018 at 4:30 PM
So, I am just starting Ap US this year and I would love it if you could give a shoutout from me, Maddy to Mr. Burns 5th period class in Warwick, NY in your next youtube video! It would mean a lot and I could also get extra test points if our class gets a shout out haha!
September 16, 2018 at 8:07 PM
I’ll be recording more videos this week. I will do it then. Good luck this year.
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Course: ap®︎/college us history > unit 10, ap us history periods and themes.
Example ap us history problems, key terms, documents, and court cases to know, primary documents:.
John Winthrop, “City on a Hill” / “A Model of Christian Charity”
Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Thomas Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence”
James Madison, “Constitution of the United States”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, “Declaration of Sentiments”
Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (main ideas)
Abraham Lincoln, “House Divided” speech, Second Inaugural Address
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth” (main ideas)
Josiah Strong, “Our Country” (main ideas)
Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” (main ideas)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, December 8 1941 address
George Kennan, “Long Telegram”
Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, “I Have a Dream” speech
Betty Friedan “The Feminine Mystique” (main ideas)
Ronald Reagan “Evil Empire” speech
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Bush v. Gore
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Nixon Doctrine
Bush Doctrine
virgin soil epidemic
salutary neglect / benign neglect
mercantilism
Anti-Federalist
isolationism
judicial review
Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian Democracy
nullification
popular sovereignty
Emancipation
Jim Crow segregation
sharecropping
mass production
labor union
imperialism
self-determination
prohibition
laissez-faire economics
liberalism (economics/politics)
Soviet Union
containment
Domino Theory
non-violent protest (Civil Rights)
Vietnamization
conservatism
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Score Distributions. Introduction and Preface. Short Answer Question 1. Short Answer Question 2. Short Answer Question 3. Document-Based Question 1. Long Essay Question 2. Long Essay Question 3. Download free-response questions from past AP United States History exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.
Breakdown of Essay: The AP U.S. History exam gives students a choice between two long-essay questions. You chose ONE! A thesis statement is required. You will have 35 minutes to answer the one question you select. Makes up 15 % of final exam score. Graded on a 0-6 point scale.
2002 (B) - #1: Explain how economic development in the British North American colonies was impacted by the Atlantic trade routes between 1650 and 1750. 2001 - #2: Evaluate the economic, geographic, and social factors which impacted the growth of slavery in the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775.
Step 1: Analyze the Prompt. Each long essay question will ask you to "evaluate the extent" of some factor in American history. Since you are evaluating, you will need to develop an argument that addresses the prompt. Make sure to read all three prompts carefully. Think of the evidence you could use and the argument you could develop in ...
Exam questions assess the course concepts and skills outlined in the course framework. For more information, download the AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description (CED).. Scoring rubrics - general scoring criteria for the document-based and long essay questions, regardless of specific question prompt - are available in the course and exam description (CED).
The second part of Section II of the AP exam contains three long essay questions—you must respond to one. The AP U.S. History long essay question assesses your ability to apply knowledge of history in a complex, analytical manner. In other words, you are expected to treat history and historical questions as a historian would.
Video transcript. - [Voiceover] Okay, this video is about the long essay section on the AP U.S. History exam. Now you might also have heard this called the free response question or FRQ. I think it is officially called the long essay question, so that's what we're gonna go with for now. Now this is the last essay that you'll be writing on the ...
AP ® United States History Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary Inside: Long Essay Question 2 ... • The response must relate the topic of the prompt to broader historical events, developments, or processes that occur before, during, or continue after the
These sample exam questions were originally included in the AP U.S. History Curriculum Framework, published in fall 2012. The AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description, which is out now, includes that curriculum framework, along with a new, unique set of exam questions. Because we want teachers to have access to all available questions that ...
The prompts fall into 4 categories: Patterns of connectivity (argue whether history changed or remained the same) Compare and contrast. Causation. Periodization. No matter which type of essay you face, here are 4 steps to help you write a good APUSH long essay.
Of the two free response questions, one is a long essay (worth 15%) and one is a DBQ. This means that the sole DBQ is, by itself, worth 25% of your total grade, making it the single most heavily-weighted question on the APUSH exam.. The APUSH DBQ will consist of a single open-ended prompt.To answer it, you'll have to create a persuasive argument that uses the documents you've been given on ...
Our APUSH LEQ example essay will show you exactly what a high-scoring US History essay looks like. We have also included some questions that helped guide our response as well as a detailed breakdown of its score. Evaluate the extent to which European contact and colonization impacted the indigenous populations and cultures in the Americas ...
But from the 1920s to the 1940s, there's not a gigantic revolution, an American Democracy, capitalism, or social structure. Things continue the way that they were and that's why the New Deal is essentially conservative. Okay, well I hope this example helped you with a Long Essay portion of the AP U.S. History exam and good luck. Up next: video ...
Contains 17 multiple-choice questions, one short-answer question, one DBQ, and one Long Essay prompt. 2017-18 Course and Exam Description: Mostly updated for current exam format. Contains the same questions as those in the 2017 practice test linked above. There is also this document with sample questions from the 2012 AP US History curriculum ...
Long Essay 1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score. ... Go to AP Central to review free-response questions and scoring information from past AP United States History exams. Download. AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description This is the core document for the course. It clearly lays out the course content and describes the exam and the AP ...
DBQ: Multiply your raw DBQ score out of 7 by 5.36. Long Essay: Multiply your raw Long Essay score out of 6 by 3.75. Finally, add all the scores together to get your final scaled AP score for US History! Here is a chart to show you approximately how these scaled scores translate to final AP scores: Scaled Score.
APUSH Long Essay Question. For the long essay question, you'll be given a choice of three essay options on the same theme, and you must choose one. You must develop and defend a relevant thesis, but there won't be any documents on which you must base your response. Instead, you'll need to draw upon your own knowledge of topics you learned ...
AP ® United States History 2021 Free-Response Questions Question 2, 3, or 4 (Long Essay) Suggested writing time: 40 minutes . Directions: Answer Question 2 or Question 3 or Question 4. In your response you should do the following. • Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning. •
Section II of the AP U.S. History free-response section comprises of a document-based question (DBQ) and one long essay question (LEQ), which you can choose to answer from three different prompts. Question 1, the document-based question on the 2022 APUSH Exam asked test takers to: 1. Evaluate the extent to which the United States developed an ...
You'll explore the events that led to the American Revolution and the formation of the United States and examine the early years of the republic. Topics may include: The Seven Years' War. The American Revolution. The Articles of Confederation. The creation and ratification of the Constitution. Developing an American identity.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Compare and contrast the patterns of immigration in the period 1840 to 1860 to the patterns of immigration in the period 1880 to 1900. In the development of your argument, explain the reasons for the similarities and differences. (Historical Thinking Skill: Comparison) Thesis, Compare and contrast the patterns of immigration in ...
AP Essay Topics. In this section, you will find videos that were created to cover information for AP essay topics. ... Long story short, I started the videos for my students. More and more people started watching and asked for my resources (PPTS, Fill-in-the-blank guides, etc.) I figured since I have them anyway for my students, I'm happy to ...
AP US History long essay example 2. AP US History long essay example 3. Preparing for the AP US History Exam (5/4/2016) AP US History Exam Prep Session (5/1/2017) ... Hi, I was looking to take the AP US History exam next year and only say three main periods of AP-styled practice questions. Before next year's exam, do you guys plan on adding ...