Barron's AP United States History

by William O. Kellogg

Barron's newly updated Advanced Placement U.S. History test preparation manual presents two full-length practice exams with answer keys and explanatory comments covering all questions. The author also provides extensive study and test-taking advice, followed by an overview of U.S. history from the Colonial era to the twenty-first century. The overview includes sample questions, analyses, and answers. Additional features include a chronological summary of major events, developments, and dates in U.S. history, a glossary defining key words and phrases, and a general index. This version of the manual comes with an enclosed CD-ROM that presents two additional full-length AP practice tests with answers and automatic scoring.

409 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad review book, but not one that you should use alone. It offers test-taking tips, practice essay prompts, and multiple-choice questions, but no real review of the material that will be on the AP exam. If you have a great and solid grasp of AP United States History and solely need to practice, I recommend this book. If you need more than that, I would recommend using REA or Princeton Review or AMSCO as well.

The best part of this book, in my opinion, were the two practice tests. I took both of them and annotated every question I answered incorrectly. This helped me majorly in the long run, as the questions that appeared in this book were of a similar difficulty to those that showed up on the actual exam.

Also, for the sake of reader awareness, I got a 5 on the exam. I contribute a slight portion of my score to this book, specifically the practice exams.

*review cross-posted on my blog, the quiet voice.

[Laura Petto]

Ha! I took half of one of the tests.... it was pretty pathetic. I got 25/40 questions right. Must study harder.

[Alise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used this to study for my AP US History test I took the 11th. I did not think this was was as helpful as the other review books I studied with.