College Board AP US History: Past Exams

Concise resources for the AP College Board US History course.

Questions

Samples and Commentary

Scoring

2023    
Free Response Questions Set 1 Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses LEQ 2 Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses LEQ 3 Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses LEQ 4 Score Distributions
  Sample Responses SAQ 1  
  Sample Responses SAQ 2  
  Sample Responses SAQ 3  
  Sample Responses SAQ 4  
     
Free Response Questions Set 2 Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses LEQ 2 Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses LEQ 3 Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses LEQ 4 Score Distributions
  Sample Responses SAQ 1  
  Sample Responses SAQ 2  
  Sample Responses SAQ 3  
  Sample Responses SAQ 4  
     
2022:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses LEQ 2 Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses LEQ 3 Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses LEQ 4 Score Distributions
  Sample Responses SAQ 1  
  Sample Responses SAQ 2  
  Sample Responses SAQ 3  
  Sample Responses SAQ 4  
     
2021:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses LEQ 2 Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses LEQ 3 Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses LEQ 4 Score Distributions
  Sample Responses SAQ 1  
  Sample Responses SAQ 2  
  Sample Responses SAQ 3  
  Sample Responses SAQ 4  
     
2019:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses Q1 SA Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses Q2 SQ Score Distributions
  Sample Responses Q3 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q3 SA  
  Sample Responses Q4 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q4 SA  
     
2018:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses Q1 DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses Q1 SA Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses Q2 SQ Score Distributions
  Sample Responses Q3 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q3 SA  
  Sample Responses Q4 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q4 SA  
     
2017:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses Q1 DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses Q1 SA Chief Reader Report
  Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses Q2 SA Score Distributions
  Sample Responses Q3 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q3 SA  
  Sample Responses Q4 SA  
     
2016:    
Free Response Questions Sample Responses DBQ Scoring Guidelines
  Sample Responses Q1 SA Student Performance Q&A
  Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Scoring Statistics
  Sample Responses Q2 SA Score Distributions
  Sample Responses Q3 LEQ  
  Sample Responses Q3 SA  
  Sample Responses Q4 SA  
     
2015:    
Free Response Questions Introduction and Preface Scoring Guidelines
  Short Answer Question 1 Student Performance Q&A
  Short Answer Question 2 Scoring Statistics
  Short Answer Question 3 Score Distributions
  Document-Based Question 1  
  Long Essay Question 2  
  Long Essay Question 3  
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