Exploring+AP

July 5, 2011

AP U.S. History

What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions?

﻿The exam is made up of 80 multiple-choice questions, 1 DBQ essay and there are also 2 standard essay questions in the test.

What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least?

﻿ ﻿The multiple choice section is the largest part if the exam and the DBQ is the smallest portion of the exam.

List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics.

﻿The first theme that I am most interested in studying is American Diversity. There are people from countries from all around the world but we are all united in a single nation. I would like to explore this and see all the different ways that our nation has to deal with all of the differences. Another theme that I am interested in is Reform. Our nation had to go through many changes in order for us to get to where we are today. I am interested in all of the changes that had to be made and how it impacts our lives today. The final theme that I am interested in is the Slavery and Its Legacies in North America. Slavery is a controversial topic that contributed to the Civil War. I would like to explore deeper into this theme and notice how it really did impact our nation today.

Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process.

﻿1) If we fail the exam, do we fail the course? 2) Do we have to memorize all the dates of the events for the exam? 3) When colleges are looking at our transcripts, is it better to take an AP course and not do as well in it or take an honors level?

Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”

The main argument of this article is that slavery influences our nation and the world. There were different views of slavery between the north and south. The north believed in anti-slavery for the most part and the south were pro-slavery. The south's economy depended on slaves so they could stay alive and produce enough money to raise their families. Slavery was then called "peculiar institution" because it wasn't peculiar or strange. People wanted it but was it that important? Slavery existed everywhere. It was the rising battle of the United States. It was because of slavery that the Civil War had to be fought. Without it, the Unites States itself would've been divided into two different sections. Slavery is like the main path, but it can divide into many smaller ones. This is like slavery in other countries, all connected in some way but all are different in their own ways.