Exploring+AP+Websites

**The format of the exam**: There are 80 multiple choice questions that are to be completed in a 55 minute period. There is one document based open response question and then two standard essays. These three things are to be completed in a 130 minute period. In total the test should take about 3 hours and 5 minutes.

**Content of the exam**: The content area that takes up the most of the exam is the social change, and cultural and intellectual developments. The content area that takes up the most of the exam is the economic developments.

**Three topics I am most interested in studying**: 1. World War I and World War II - I am interested in these topics because I've read a lot of books about these two wars and what it was like to live in them and I would like to know more about them. 2. The Southerner's reactions to the outcome of the Civil War - The Civil War was the last thing that my class studied in U.S. History I and it left me hanging as to what people's reactions were and how the outcome changed America. 3. The Great Depression - I am interested in this because a lot of people have been connecting back to it because of the economic state that America is in today. I would like to learn more about it and be able to understand those connections.

1. What is the best way to prepare yourself for the exam? 2. What can you do throughout the year to help you remember everything you have learned for when the exam comes? 3. What percentage of people pass the exam?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Questions about the AP Exam: **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I agree that slavery in America was influenced by slavery in other countries. In the article, Morgan talks about the treatment of slaves in other countries around the world. If the other countries did not have slavery, I do not think that America would either. Since those countries were established before America was, America adapted a lot of their practices, including slavery. Slavery originated in these other countries and was carried on to America. Therefore, slavery played an important role in American history. Another way that it played a role in American history is that it led to the Civil War. The Civil War was originally about slavery being legal or not, but essentially it was about keeping the Union. President Lincoln did not want the nation to split apart, so he did what he could to keep the Union. But if there was never any slavery in America, this War would not have happened. The nation would have no reason to split apart. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">One question I had was <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">what made people in other countries think that slavery should be legal? I know that in America, some people believe that the Bible said that slavery was okay. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In other countries, was there a holy book that also said something about slavery?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Analyzing "The Origins of American Slavery": **