CLEP History of the United States I (CLEP Test Preparation)

       
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CLEP HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I: Early Colonization to 1877
Based on today’s official CLEP exam
 
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* The book's on-target subject review features coverage of all topics on the official CLEP exam, from the Colonial Period to the New Nation up to the Civil War and Reconstruction
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This is the only book you will need to pass the CLEP American History to 1877 exam. In addition to reading the narrative, make sure you review all the answers to the CLEP test sample questions...the test answers contain supplemental information you will need for the test. Outstanding book, read the text, and review all of the sample questions and you will blow away the CLEP.

I bought this book around half a year ago, though I ended up procrastinating and only taking the CLEP test just today (I passed with a 73, more than the needed 65). This book was instrumental in my studies, but it has enough flaws to justify a three-star rating.

In studying for the CLEP American History 1, I spent about two weeks cramming (after skimming through the book and the first two tests some months earlier). First, I read in detail the 170-page review. Then I took the first test, looked over the explained answers (paying careful attention to the ones I missed), skimmed through the book again, took the second and looked at the answers, and did the same with the third. My calculated scores were the CLEP equivalent of 69, 70, and 71. Then I took a quick look online at some timelines, looked at the order of the presidents, and took another practice 40-question CLEP provided by the university. Next, I went back through each question that I had missed before, tried...Read more

This book offers an excellent overview of History. I highly recommend using this in preparation for the American History I CLEP exam. In addition to this text, I used Baron's EZ-101 Study Keys, "American History to 1877." I read them simultaneously to get a broader perspective of each era of history, then wrote out key events and people on index cards for review. I also did a lot of the AP US HIstory quizzes on the historyteacher.net website. Combined...after studying for a little more than a week, I acheived a 69 out of 80 on the CLEP test.