CliffsAP United States History Preparation Guide [Paperback]

Paul Soifer (Author), Abraham Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0822023105 | ISBN-13: 978-0822023104 | Publication Date: August 11, 1993 | Edition: 2

A guide to taking the Advanced Placement (AP) exam, describing the exam, its format, its subject matter and its grading. It analyzes exam areas, discusses texts, references and methods of study, and provides an overview of United States history from 1492 to the present, with three practice tests.

Product Details

• Paperback: 101 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 2 edition (August 11, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822023105
• ISBN-13: 978-0822023104
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

About the Author Paul Soifer holds a Ph.D. in history from Pennsylvania State University. He has more than a decade of experience teaching American history at the college level and is currently chair of the History Department at Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles. Abraham Hoffman has taught Advanced Placement U.S. History since 1982 in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He has served four terms as an AP reader for the U.S. History exam. D. Stephen Voss, a specialist in voting behavior, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. He received his doctorate from Harvard University.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helped me on both the AP Exam and SAT II, August 7, 2000

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This review is from: CliffsAP United States History Preparation Guide (Paperback)

I am a history-buff, but before the AP exam, I needed confidence. So I took 2 practice tests and wrote some essays, and the result was a 5 on the AP exam. In June, before the SAT IIs, I took another exam from this book and that was my only preparation, because we did nothing in class. This book helped me get a 750 on the SAT II. However, there's not much "review" in this book. For review, I recommend the Princeton Review which some of my friends had. But buy this book too, b/c TPR has only one practice exam.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Topic Sentances, no detail data, April 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: CliffsAP United States History Preparation Guide (Paperback)

The writers of Cliff's AP books are usually great but here I feel they failed. Their AP Biology book was great as to resumming all learned about the subject but this one did not enumerate. It has basic people, events,and topics but no memory joggers. ;( for me I needed review of data rather than HOW to take the test.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty decent book, July 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: CliffsAP United States History Preparation Guide (Paperback)

I have to say that I expected more out of this book. History is my worst subject, so when I bought this I was hoping for way more review and in-depth explanation of different topics and time periods. I also thought the practice tests were too easy; I went in thinking that I'd do great on the multiple choice, and instead found myself guessing quite a bit. However, the tips for taking the exam were great, except their advice on the DBQ format; they were so convinced that the question would be worded a certain way that they didn't include any examples of other formats! Sure enough, the DBQ was worded completly different! Overall, I'd recommend this to someone who already has a firm grasp of US history, but not someone like me who needs a much more thourough review.