AP EXAM INFO!

Test = 3 hours 15 mins total Section I: – Part A: Multiple choice 55 questions, 55 mins 40% of exam score – Part B: Short Answer 4 questions, 50(?) mins 20% of exam score Section II: Free Response – Reading period – 15(?) minutes – Part A: DBQ 45 minutes 25% of exam score – Part B – Essay choice provided 35 minutes 15% of exam score

Multiple-choice section: In order to get a grade of 3 or above - need ~ 60% correct + adequate essays GUESS if you don’t know!

Short answer Questions 4 questions – Each question has THREE parts – 3 parts  max 3 points Make sure you are answering the ENTIRE question – Read the question more than once WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES

Examples of short answer questions

Free response (essay) section: Mandatory 15 minute reading period – Suggestion – Pick FRQ first then begin DBQ **Need to time yourself!** **Need to time yourself!** Part A – DBQ – 45 mins writing Part B– Free response essay (like a Major Opp. Essay) – 35 mins – Choose one of two essay prompts

DBQ directions: FRQ directions:

Do not forget when writing essays… Intro – Include background info (& dates!) – Must include thesis! Answers questions (fully), makes an argument Topic sentences! Outside info in EVERY paragraph MUST write BOTH essays MUST write BOTH essays – Shorten/skip conclusion if running out of time On DBQ… – Cite documents! Ex. “In Jefferson’s speech…” (Doc. 1) – Connect documents to argument!

Turning Points Activity! 1763 – Treaty of Paris ends F&I War 1776 – DoI 1789 – Constitution ratified (replaced AoC) 1800 – “Rev. of 1800” 1803 – Louisiana Purchase, Marbury v Madison (judicial review) 1814 – Treaty of Ghent ended War – Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo ended M-A War, Seneca Falls Convention 1861 – outbreak of Civil War 1865 – end of Civil War, Lincoln assassinated 1877 – Reconstruction ends 1914 – outbreak of WWI in Europe 1919 – Treaty of Versailles 1929 – Stock Market Crash 1941 – Pearl Harbor 1956 – WWII ends, bombs 1954 – Brown v Board, first involvement in Vietnam 1960 – JFK elected, 1 st televised debates, sit-ins in Greensboro, NC 1964 – Civil Rights Act, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1968 – Assassinations of MLK and RFK, Tet Offensive 1973 – Paris Peace Agreement ends U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Roe v Wade 1989 – Berlin Wall falls 1994 – Republicans win both houses of Congress