Maybe this could be helpfull-

My teacher has been going through possible questions
~anything is possible but these have't been asked in a while

The great awakening

articles of confederation

shay's rebellion

Indian relations


Always- causes of the civil war...
demise of whig party/ growthof repub, slavery, congressional balance, morals, death of great political leaders- clay..., 2 party system, ... what else- help me!

add to this please! any other ideas?

Just be careful - the year that I took the AP test, our teachers were pretty sure they had a good idea of what was on it and it ended up being something completely different.

Just sayin'...

I hate reviving 1 month old topics....but I found this one too interesting not to.

My history teacher is also making predictions on the DBQs and the Essay, speculating that Kennedy's New Freedom and LBJ's Great Society have a good chance on being on there.

Personally, I'm thinking it's going to be New Deal or WWII based, but I'm still studying like a madman on everything anyway ^.^ .

Test is Friday here, and I'm nervous this essay's gonna demolish my hopes for a 5. I always take a while to formulate mine....but they're really good once I get past the intro....

I'd probably die if a DBQ or Essay was on Indian relations though :(

yea the test is tomorrow and im kind of calm...

well my best guess on what the essay will be on is the jamestown colony. its like some annerversity for the foundation for the colony.

Hey- thanks

anyway- I noticed that they have yet asked a guilded age question...

anyone have a good idea on a prompt for that?

By the way- GOOD LUCK on the test everyone

My teacher predicted the DBQ right, based off the fact that the test is written 4 years before testers actually take it, and 2004 is the anniversary of a certain important event...

this was my first year and i just took the AP final exam. i think i bombed it. i wasn't worried at all. i thought i was going to do just fine. well, i should have started studying long before i actually did. i started studying a few nights before the test. i knew almost all of the multiple choice...think i did good on that. but i didn't know anything for the essays. they were:

DBQ-
Analyze the ways in which the Vietnam War heightened social, political, and
economic tensions in the United States. Focus your answer on the period 1964 to 1975.

FRQs-

Early encounters between American Indians and European colonists led to a variety of
relationships among the different cultures.
Analyze how the actions taken by BOTH American Indians and European colonists
shaped those relationships in TWO of the following regions. Confine your answer to
the 1600s.
New England
Chesapeake
Spanish Southwest
New York and New France

*or*

Analyze the impact of the market revolution (1815–1860) on the economies of TWO
of the following regions.
The Northeast
The Midwest
The South

and

Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a
“New South.” To what extent was this “New South” a reality by the time of the
First World War? In your answer be sure to address TWO of the following.
Economic development
Politics
Race relations

*or*

Presidential elections between 1928 and 1948 revealed major shifts in political party
loyalties. Analyze both the reasons for these changes and their consequences during
this period.

Hmm, I wish I'd had those questions... I don't mean to bash you or anything, but those really aren't terribly difficult. The DBQ is, if anything, way TOO open-ended for this kind of question - dozens, if not hundreds, of whole books have been written on that very topic. For the FRQs, of the first set, the Indian relations one wouldn't be bad and the New South question of the second set shouldn't have been too rough.

No offense taken. Actually, after the 48-hour security period, we (my class) went over possible ideas for the essays. When all ideas were revealed, I was just kicking myself because I knew something about everything that we discussed but the time period thing really got me. As for the New South essay, I couldn't think of anything. But, then we went over it in class (Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, etc.). Why couldn't I remember anything of that nature when I was taking the test? Also, I am a really bad b.s.-er so I barely wrote anything.
When I had the test in front of me I drew a complete blank. I know the test is done and I can't retake it, but does anyone have any suggestions for future tests as such?

Don't panic; just write.

Sounds lame, but if you try and answer it all at once and have all the answers immediately, it'll never happen. That's how I used to try and take essay tests, then I started by just picking the ones I knew the MOST about, and just starting to write. By doing so, you'll likely remember more as you get it out on paper, and if not, you have something to build some BS on. ;)

I tried that on the given essays but I wrote as much as I could think, only had about a page and a half but still had not addressed the third aspect.

maybe I learned it the 'wrong way'... do you think that maybe if we would have written more essays in class (we only wrote one or two timed the whole year and we had two take-home essays), I would have done better on the essay portion of the exam?

Absolutely; these things are formulaic enough that if you can build up some good habits and learn some strategies to augment whatever your own test-taking abilities are, then you will almost certainly do better. I'm really surprised that your teacher assigned so little writing - you might want to suggest that he/she change that for next year.