Ch 26: AP U.S. History: Test-Taking Skills and Prep: Tutoring Solution
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- Begin your assignment or other AP US history work.
- Identify the test-taking skills and prep concepts that you're stuck on.
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- Struggle with understanding how to answer multiple-choice, document-based and short-answer questions on the AP exam or any other test-taking skills and prep topic
- Have limited time for studying
- Want a cost effective way to supplement their history learning
- Prefer learning history visually
- Find themselves failing or close to failing their test-taking skills and prep unit
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- Want to get ahead in AP US history
- Don't have access to their history teacher outside of class
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Learning Objectives
- Discuss tips for answering multiple-choice questions on the AP US History exam.
- Learn strategies for answering the document-based essay question on the AP US History exam.
- Understand how to answer the short-answer questions found on the AP US History exam.

1. How to Master Multiple Choice Questions on the AP U.S. History Exam
Are you ready to take the AP U.S. History exam? In this lesson, you'll learn about recent revisions, plus some tips and tricks to help you master the multiple-choice items and maximize your score.

2. How to Master the Document-Based Essay Question on the AP U.S. History Exam
Are you ready to take the revised AP U.S. History exam? In this lesson, you'll learn about the document-based question, or DBQ, plus some tips to help you maximize your score.

3. How to Master the Short-Answer Questions on the AP U.S. History Exam
The AP U.S. history course and exam was revised for the 2014-2015 school year. Learn about the brand new short-answer questions and how to answer them.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the AP US History: Tutoring Solution course
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- Settling North America (1497-1732): Tutoring Solution
- The Road to Revolution (1700-1774): Tutoring Solution
- The American Revolution (1775-1783): Tutoring Solution
- The Making of a New Nation (1776-1800): Tutoring Solution
- The Virginia Dynasty (1801--1825): Tutoring Solution
- Jacksonian Democracy (1825 -- 1850): Tutoring Solution
- Life in Antebellum America (1807-1861): Tutoring Solution
- Manifest Destiny (1806-1855): Tutoring Solution
- Sectional Crisis (1850-1861): Tutoring Solution
- American Civil War (1861-1865): Tutoring Solution
- Reconstruction (1865-1877): Tutoring Solution
- Industrialization and Urbanization (1870-1900): Tutoring Solution
- The Progressive Era (1900-1917): Tutoring Solution
- American Imperialism (1890-1919): Tutoring Solution
- The Roaring 20s (1920-1929): Tutoring Solution
- The Great Depression (1929-1940): Tutoring Solution
- The US in World War ll (1941-1945): Tutoring Solution
- Post-War World (1946-1959): Tutoring Solution
- The Cold War (1950-1973): Tutoring Solution
- Protests, Activism and Civil Disobedience (1954-1973): Tutoring Solution
- The 1970s (1969-1979): Tutoring Solution
- The Rise of Political Conservatism (1980-1992): Tutoring Solution
- Contemporary America (1992-2013): Tutoring Solution
- Changes in the Modern United States: Tutoring Solution
- Critical Thinking Skills for AP US History: Tutoring Solution
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- Developing and Writing Your AP Exam Essay: Tutoring Solution