Explore essential teacher resources for AP United States History, including course materials, exam details, and course audit information.

Teachers: Explore timing and format for the AP United States History Exam. Review sample questions, scoring guidelines, and sample student responses.

The AP Program offers three history courses: AP European History, AP United States History, and AP World History: Modern. All three history courses focus on the development of historical thinking while …

AP courses foster an open-minded approach to the histories and cultures of different peoples. The study of different nationalities, cultures, religions, races, and ethnicities is essential within a variety of …

AP U.S. History Study Guide An interactive, mobile-friendly resource from the Gilder Lehrman Institute featuring videos, timelines, primary source documents, and practical tips for preparing for the exam.

Download free-response questions from past AP United States History exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.

Have students watch AP U.S. History Study Guide Introduction and Period 1 videos: 1491—1607. This Gilder Lehrman website will give students videos, timelines, and primary sources.

NOTE: Partial versions of the free-response questions are provided to prepare students for more complex, full questions that they will encounter on the AP Exam.

Briefly explain how one event or development from 1789 to 1820 not directly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Wilentz’s argument about early United States politics.

Though the United States initially maintained neutrality, it eventually entered WWI, which ended not long after. Around the same time was the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where the longstanding tsar …