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- Review free-response questions and scoring information from past exams on the AP U.S. History Exam Questions page on AP Central.
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- Section I, Part A: Multiple Choice
- Section I, Part B: Short Answer
- Section II: Document-Based Question and Long Essay
55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score 1. Questions usually appear in sets of 3–4 questions. 2. Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence. 3. Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.
3 Questions | 40 Minutes | 20% of Exam Score 1. Students analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history. 2. Questions provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know best. 3. Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps. 4. Students choose between 2 options for the final required sh...
2 questions | 1 Hour, 40 minutes | 40% of Exam Score Document-Based Question (DBQ) Recommended Time: 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score 1. Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process. 2. Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as hi...
Go to AP Central to review free-response questions and scoring information from past AP United States History exams. Download AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description
Review free-response questions and scoring information from past exams on the AP U.S. History Exam Questions page on AP Central. Task Verbs Pay close attention to the task verbs used in the free-response questions.
How Is the AP US History Exam Scored? Here, we'll go over how each section on the AP US History exam is scored, scaled, and combined to give you your final AP score on the 1-5 scale. On the multiple-choice section, you earn 1 raw point for each question you answer correctly; this means that the max score you can earn here is 55 points.
Question 1: Short Answer Primary Source. 3 points. General Scoring Notes. Each point is earned independently. Accuracy: These scoring guidelines require that students demonstrate historically defensible content knowledge.
About the Course. How did the United States become THE United States? What happened to the American economy when factories went from being powered by water to powered by coal? Or how have definitions of who is, and who is not, a U.S. citizen changed over time?
