AP U.S. History Guide

From free online notes and handouts to practice tests and quizzes as well as books, flash cards and even an audio guide for the iPod, this guide brings together an excellent compilation of resources for Advanced Placement United States History course. Also included are useful links to web sites maintained by teachers as well as those with primary documents for research purposes.

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Sundar Kadayam

Subject: History

Tags:AP US History, APUSH, APUSH Notes, APUSH practice, APUSH Quizzes, APUSH Review, APUSH Study Guides, APUSH Tests, APUSH Tips

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AP US History Notes, Notecards and Review Resources
AP US History Study Guides and Practice Books for Purchase

AP US History Test Tips, Practice Tests, Quizzes

Select Topics and Themes in US History

Other Useful AP US History Online Resources

AP US History Notes, Notecards and Review Resources

A compilation of useful free online study resources.

SparkNotes: AP US History Study Guides

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/#american

American History: 1865 to the Present Student Web Notes

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/html/notes.html

From the Univ. of Wisconsin, American History 102 Course, by Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History William P. Tishler, Producer

U.S. History Notecards

http://apstudent.com/ushistory/cards.php

A searchable collection of excellent online note cards on U.S. History

U.S. History Cram Packet (Word doc)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/9910/Timeline.doc

This is a highly compact Word document filled with a coherent organization of key facts about U.S. History!

HistorySage.com Lecture Notes on US History for Students

http://www.historysage.com/basics.phtml

Identifications: People, Events and Concepts from HistorySage.com

http://www.historysage.com/USTerms.pdf

Giant Review Document from a Student, from HistoryTeacher.net

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readings/THEGIANTAHAPREVIEW.doc

Giant AHAP Review Sheet by a student from the class of '04, Horace Greeley H. S., Chappaqua, NY

AP US History - "Ultimate Study Guide" Study Notes

http://www.scribd.com/doc/89392/AP-US-HISTORY-Ultimate-Study-Guide

AP US History Test Tips, Practice Tests, Quizzes

A good compilation of resources that can help you with review of the course material and testing!

Test-taking Tips for the AP U.S. History Test

http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/tips.php

Top 10 Tips for Passing the AP US History Exam

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/apushistoryexam/tp/apushtips.htm

AP US History - Free Practice Exam

http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=17

Questions for Hitting the Highlights of Each Period of US History

http://www.brf.org/schools/hs/depts/Social%20Studies/rykken/APUSH/SLIDES.htm

AP American History Quizzes

http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm

U.S. History Practice Quizzes

http://www.course-notes.org/us_history/practice_quizzes/

American Pageant - ACE Practice Tests

http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/ace/index.html

AP US History Practice Tests

http://www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/TJordan/Pages/unittestquestions.html

Select Topics and Themes in US History

Timeline of US History

http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/MHS/apus/handouts/timeline.htm

Timeline of US Diplomatic History

http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/timeline.html

Biographies of Individuals who have Influenced US Government and Politics

http://www.course-notes.org/US_History/Biographies/

American Political Parties Handout

http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/MHS/apus/handouts/politicalparties.htm

American Presidents Handout

http://www.murrayschools.org/MHS/apus/handouts/presidentslist.pdf

Supreme Court Cases Handout

http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/MHS/apus/handouts/supremecourtcases.htm

Federalists vs Anti-Federalists Handout

http://www.historysage.com/RatificationDebate.html

US Presidential Election Maps 1860-1996

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/

Other Useful AP US History Online Resources

Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm

HistoryMentor: Links to useful sites

http://www.historymentor.com/#LINKS

AP American History Primary Sources Research Page

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAP-ResearchPage.htm

The Avalon Project - Primary source documents compiled by Yale Law School

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Interactive US History Activities

http://www.quia.com/pages/duncanapushistory.html#QuiaActivities

Mrs. Newmark's Page on AP US History

http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/APUSH.html

Mrs. Wohglemuth's AP US History Resources

http://home.comcast.net/~mrswoogie/apus3.html

Mr. Rykken's Survival Guide to AP US History

http://www.brf.org/schools/hs/depts/Social%20Studies/rykken/APUSH/APUSH.htm

AP US History Study Guides and Practice Books for Purchase

These are popular commercial study guides and practice books for AP US History success.

Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam

http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-U-S-History-2006-2007-College/dp/0375765336

AP United States History (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the AP Exam

http://www.amazon.com/AP-United-States-History-REA/dp/0738602183

American Pageant AP Test Preparations 12th Edition (Fast Track to a 5)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618250514/104-4671850-7676725?v=glance&n=283155

United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination

http://www.amazon.com/United-States-History-Preparing-Examination/dp/1567656609

REA's AP United States History; With TESTware Software

http://www.amazon.com/REAs-History-Test-TESTware-Software/dp/0878913327

Kaplan AP US History 2006

http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-AP-US-History-2006/dp/0743265599

AP United States History Flash Cards

http://www.amazon.com/United-States-History-Flash-Cards/dp/0764178377

AP US History Audiolearn

http://www.audiolearn.net/ap-us-history-p-273.html

Now, an AP US History guide for iPod generation!

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Laura Anne Briscoe (2 years ago)

thank you so much! i will have APUSH this upcoming semester and i'm sure i will be using this a lot.

Sundar Kadayam (2 years ago)

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