AP US History is designed to provide students with the analytical skills
and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with issues and events
in American history and with intermediate and advanced college courses.
Students will learn to analyze and interpret a variety of historical resources
and develop the ability to use documentary materials, maps, pictorial,
and graphic evidence of historical events. Students should be able to
express themselves with clarity and precision.
About the AP Exam…
The multiple-choice section tests students' factual knowledge, breadth
of preparation, and knowledge-based analytical skills. The majority of
multiple-choice questions are on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Approximately 20 percent of the questions deal with the period from the
first European explorations through 1789, 45 percent with the period 1790
through 1914, and 35 percent with the period 1915 to the present. There
may be a few multiple-choice questions on the period since 1980. Political
institutions and behavior and public policy account for approximately
35 percent of the questions, and social and cultural developments account
for approximately another 40 percent. The remaining questions are divided
between the areas of diplomacy and international relations (15 percent)
and economic developments (10 percent).
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