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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AP U.S. History course is designed to provide the same level of content and instruction that students would face in a freshman-level college survey class. It generally uses a college-level textbook as the foundation for the course and covers nine periods of U.S. history, spanning from the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era" title="Pre-Columbian era">pre-Columbian era</a> to the present day. The percentage indicates the exam weighting of each content area: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td>1491–1607 </td> <td>4–6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1607–1754 </td> <td>6–8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1754–1800 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1800–1848 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1844–1877 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1865–1898 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1890–1945 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945–1980 </td> <td>10–17% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–present </td> <td>4–6% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textbooks">Textbooks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textbooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commonly used textbooks that meet the curriculum requirements<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>America's History</i> (<a href="/wiki/James_A._Henretta" class="mw-redirect" title="James A. Henretta">Henretta</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_History:_A_Survey" title="American History: A Survey">American History: A Survey</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Alan_Brinkley" title="Alan Brinkley">Brinkley</a>)</li> <li><i>American Passages</i> (<a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Ayers" title="Edward L. Ayers">Ayers</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Pageant" title="The American Pageant">The American Pageant</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Bailey" title="Thomas A. Bailey">Bailey</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_American_People" title="The American People">The American People</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Gary_B._Nash" title="Gary B. Nash">Nash</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i>By the People</i> (<a href="/wiki/James_W._Fraser" title="James W. Fraser">Fraser</a>)</li> <li><i>The Enduring Vision</i> (<a href="/wiki/Paul_S._Boyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul S. Boyer">Boyer</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i>Give Me Liberty!</i> (<a href="/wiki/Eric_Foner" title="Eric Foner">Foner</a>)</li> <li><i>Liberty, Equality, Power</i> (Murrin <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i>Out of Many</i> (<a href="/wiki/John_Mack_Faragher" title="John Mack Faragher">Faragher</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i>A People and a Nation</i> (<a href="/wiki/Mary_Beth_Norton" title="Mary Beth Norton">Norton</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li> <li><i>Fabric of a Nation</i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Jason_Stacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jason Stacy (page does not exist)">Stacy</a> <i>et al.</i>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservative_criticism">Conservative criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conservative criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">American conservatives</a> have criticized the course framework for downplaying <a href="/wiki/American_exceptionalism" title="American exceptionalism">American exceptionalism</a> and failing to foster patriotism. In 2015, a bill to replace the course framework was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">Oklahoma House</a> Committee on Common Education, but later withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The course framework was revised in 2015 in response to the criticism. In 2014, <a href="/wiki/2014_Jefferson_County_Public_Schools_protests" title="2014 Jefferson County Public Schools protests">student protests in Colorado</a> were held over plans by <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Public_Schools_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)">the Jefferson County Public Schools</a> district board to revise the AP U.S. History curriculum to emphasize citizenship, patriotism, and respect for authority.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exam">Exam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Exam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AP U.S. History exam lasts 3 hours and 15 minutes and consists of two sections, with the first (Section I) being divided into two parts. Section I part A includes 55 multiple-choice questions with each question containing four choices. The multiple choice questions cover American history from just before European contact with Native Americans to the present day. Questions are presented in sets of two to five questions organized around a primary source or an image (including, but not limited to, maps and <a href="/wiki/Political_cartoon" title="Political cartoon">political cartoons</a>). Section I part B includes three short-answer questions. The first two questions are required, but students choose between the third and fourth questions. Students are given a total of 95 minutes (55 for the multiple-choice section and 40 for three short-answer questions) to complete Section I. </p><p>Section II is the free-response section, in which examinees write two essays. Section II, part A, is a <a href="/wiki/Document-based_question" title="Document-based question">document-based question</a> (DBQ), which provides an essay prompt and seven short primary sources or excerpts related to the prompt. Students are expected to write an essay responding to the prompt in which they use the sources in addition to outside information. Section II, part B, provides three thematic essay prompts. Students must respond to only one of the three essay prompts. However, in 2020, due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">the COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the AP exams were administered remotely as drastically shortened open-note exams, and the exam consisted of a single modified DBQ essay.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each long essay question on the exam may address any one of three possible historical reasoning processes: patterns of continuity and change, comparison, or causation. Each of the essay questions will address the same historical reasoning process. There is a fifteen-minute reading period for students to read the essay prompts, take notes, and brainstorm, but students may begin to write the essays before this period ends. Students will then have 100 minutes to write the two essays; 60 minutes are recommended for the DBQ and 40 minutes for the long essay, but students are free to work on the two essays as they see fit.<sup id="cite_ref-Exam_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exam-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2011, the AP U.S. History exam was taken by 402,947 students worldwide,<sup id="cite_ref-2011_Scores_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_Scores-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it second in terms of number of examinees, behind the <a href="/wiki/AP_English_Language_and_Composition" title="AP English Language and Composition">AP English Language and Composition</a> exam.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring">Scoring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scoring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Section I is worth 60% of the total AP exam score, with 40% of the total exam score derived from the student's performance on the multiple choice section and 20% of the total exam score derived from the student's performance on the short answer questions. The remaining 40% of the total exam score is derived from section II; the document-based question is worth 25% of the total exam score, while the long essay question is worth 15% of the total exam score.<sup id="cite_ref-Exam_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exam-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2007, the score distributions are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Score </th> <th>2007<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2008<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2009<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2010<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2011<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2012<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2013<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2014<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2015<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2016<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2017<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2018<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2019<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2020<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2021<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2022<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2023<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2024<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>5 </th> <td>11.1% </td> <td>8.5% </td> <td>11.0% </td> <td>11.0% </td> <td>11.1% </td> <td>11.7% </td> <td>10.6% </td> <td>11.0% </td> <td>9.4% </td> <td>11.9% </td> <td>10.8% </td> <td>10.7% </td> <td>11.8% </td> <td>13.0% </td> <td>10.1% </td> <td>10.8% </td> <td>10.6% </td> <td>13% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>4 </th> <td>19.9% </td> <td>18.2% </td> <td>19.3% </td> <td>18.8% </td> <td>20.8% </td> <td>21.3% </td> <td>21.5% </td> <td>21.3% </td> <td>18.0% </td> <td>17.9% </td> <td>17.7% </td> <td>18.4% </td> <td>18.4% </td> <td>19.2% </td> <td>15.9% </td> <td>15.6% </td> <td>14.8% </td> <td>33% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>3 </th> <td>22.2% </td> <td>21.4% </td> <td>22.1% </td> <td>22.8% </td> <td>21.0% </td> <td>21.6% </td> <td>21.6% </td> <td>20.1% </td> <td>23.7% </td> <td>22.5% </td> <td>22.3% </td> <td>22.7% </td> <td>23.4% </td> <td>26.6% </td> <td>21.2% </td> <td>21.9% </td> <td>22.1% </td> <td>26% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>2 </th> <td>26.2% </td> <td>25.4% </td> <td>25.2% </td> <td>25.8% </td> <td>26.7% </td> <td>26.6% </td> <td>27.0% </td> <td>28.0% </td> <td>24.8% </td> <td>23.3% </td> <td>23.5% </td> <td>22.7% </td> <td>22.0% </td> <td>20.4% </td> <td>21.6% </td> <td>23.0% </td> <td>22.7% </td> <td>20% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>1 </th> <td>20.6% </td> <td>26.5% </td> <td>22.2% </td> <td>21.6% </td> <td>20.5% </td> <td>18.8% </td> <td>19.2% </td> <td>19.6% </td> <td>24.0% </td> <td>24.3% </td> <td>25.6% </td> <td>25.5% </td> <td>24.3% </td> <td>21.0% </td> <td>31.2% </td> <td>28.8% </td> <td>29.8% </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>% of Scores 3 or Higher </th> <td>53.2% </td> <td>48.1% </td> <td>52.5% </td> <td>52.6% </td> <td>52.8% </td> <td>54.6% </td> <td>53.8% </td> <td>52.4% </td> <td>51.2% </td> <td>52.4% </td> <td>50.9% </td> <td>51.8% </td> <td>53.7% </td> <td>58.7% </td> <td>47.2% </td> <td>48.2% </td> <td>47.5% </td> <td>72% </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>Mean </th> <td>2.75 </td> <td>2.57 </td> <td>2.72 </td> <td>2.72 </td> <td>2.75 </td> <td>2.80 </td> <td>2.77 </td> <td>2.76 </td> <td>2.64 </td> <td>2.70 </td> <td>2.65 </td> <td>2.66 </td> <td>2.71 </td> <td>2.83 </td> <td>2.52 </td> <td>2.57 </td> <td>2.54 </td> <td>3.23 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>Standard Deviation </th> <td>1.29 </td> <td>1.28 </td> <td>1.30 </td> <td>1.29 </td> <td>1.29 </td> <td>1.29 </td> <td>1.28 </td> <td>1.29 </td> <td>1.28 </td> <td>1.33 </td> <td>1.32 </td> <td>1.32 </td> <td>1.33 </td> <td>1.31 </td> <td>1.34 </td> <td>1.33 </td> <td>1.33 </td> <td>1.15 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>Number of Students </th> <td>333,562 </td> <td>346,641 </td> <td>360,173 </td> <td>387,416 </td> <td>406,086 </td> <td>427,796 </td> <td>442,890 </td> <td>462,766 </td> <td>469,689 </td> <td>489,281 </td> <td>505,302 </td> <td>501,530 </td> <td>496,573 </td> <td>472,697 </td> <td>454,204 </td> <td>456,520 </td> <td>467,975 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composite_score_range">Composite score range</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Composite score range"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The College Board has released information on the approximate composite score range (previously out of 180) required to obtain each grade. As of 2022, the total possible composite score is 130.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exact cutoffs are set annually by the Chief Reader only after the scoring of that year's examinations. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Final Score </th> <th>Range (1996) </th> <th>Range (2001) </th> <th>Range (2002) </th> <th>Range (2006) </th> <th>Range (2022) </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>5 </th> <td>117–180 </td> <td>114–180 </td> <td>115–180 </td> <td>111–180 </td> <td>97–130 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>4 </th> <td>96–116 </td> <td>92–113 </td> <td>94–114 </td> <td>91–110 </td> <td>80–96 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>3 </th> <td>79–95 </td> <td>74–91 </td> <td>76–93 </td> <td>76–90 </td> <td>63–79 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>2 </th> <td>51–78 </td> <td>42–73 </td> <td>46–75 </td> <td>57–75 </td> <td>44–62 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th>1 </th> <td>0–50 </td> <td>0–41 </td> <td>0–45 </td> <td>0–56 </td> <td>0–43 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The above composite score cut points from 1996 to 2006 reflect the pre-2011 grading formula, which deducted 0.25 points for every incorrect multiple choice answer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AP_United_States_History&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States" title="History of the United States">History of the 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