AP U.S. History
AP U.S. History covers more than five centuries in nine periods, and the exam asks you to use that content as evidence. According to the College Board, the exam is fully digital in Bluebook and has three parts: 55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes (40%), 3 short-answer questions in 40 minutes (20%), and a free-response section of 1 hour 40 minutes (40%) with a document-based question (DBQ, 25%) and a long essay (15%). The 2027 exam is on May 7, 2027.
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Starting with the May 2027 exam, all three short-answer questions are required and each includes a source, and the long essay is a single required broad prompt instead of a choice. Course content hasn't changed.
Study Guide Maker turns your notes, text-based PDF readings, slides or Word docs into a guide for each period: an outline, key developments tagged to the page they came from, a glossary of people and terms, practice questions and flashcards. Choose the AP/IB level, then use the guide as your evidence bank when you practice thesis statements, SAQs and essays.
Section I, Part A: Multiple choice
55 · 55 minutes · 40% of score
Usually in sets of 3–4; primary and secondary sources, images, graphs and maps
Section I, Part B: Short answer
3 (all required) · 40 minutes · 20% of score
From May 2027: SAQ 1 secondary text source(s), SAQ 2 primary text source, SAQ 3 primary or secondary non-text source; each from a different period, 1491–2001
Section II: Document-based question
1 · Recommended 1 hour (includes 15-minute reading period) · 25% of score
7 documents; topics from 1754 to 1980
Section II: Long essay
1 (required) · Recommended 40 minutes · 15% of score
From May 2027: one broad prompt drawing on roughly half of the course's periods
| Unit | Weight |
|---|---|
| Period 1: 1491–1607 | 4–6% |
| Period 2: 1607–1754 | 6–8% |
| Period 3: 1754–1800 | 10–17% |
| Period 4: 1800–1848 | 10–17% |
| Period 5: 1844–1877 | 10–17% |
| Period 6: 1865–1898 | 10–17% |
| Period 7: 1890–1945 | 10–17% |
| Period 8: 1945–1980 | 10–17% |
| Period 9: 1980–Present | 4–6% |
Facts checked against official sources on 2026-10-09. We do not invent pass rates or guarantee scores — verify dates and weightings on the publisher site before you rely on them.
Nine guides matching the course periods (or your class's units).
Key developments in order with dates and page references.
Causes and effects of each development; what changed and what stayed the same.
People, laws, court cases and events with one-line significance — ready to cite in essays.
For text excerpts from class: author, audience, purpose, historical situation.
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Multiple choice and short answer with explanations.
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Biology
Cellular respiration is how cells turn the chemical energy in glucose into ATP. It happens in three stages — glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain — and releases carbon dioxide and water as by-products.
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Per the College Board: 55 multiple-choice questions (55 minutes, 40%), 3 short-answer questions (40 minutes, 20%), one document-based question (recommended 1 hour including a 15-minute reading period, 25%) and one long essay (recommended 40 minutes, 15%).
Starting in May 2027, students answer all three short-answer questions, each of which includes source material, and respond to one required long essay prompt instead of choosing among prompts. The College Board says course content hasn't changed.
Nine, from Period 1 (1491–1607) to Period 9 (1980–present). Periods 3 through 8 each carry a 10–17% weighting; Periods 1 and 9 are 4–6%, and Period 2 is 6–8%.
No. It builds study guides — outlines, key developments, terms, practice questions and flashcards — from your materials. Use them as evidence when you practice writing your own DBQ and long essay responses.
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