AP United States History Practice Tests

Free AP US History practice tests with stimulus-based questions and DBQ analyses.

AP United States History is organized into 9 units, starting with Period 1: 1491–1607 and ending with Period 9: 1980–Present. Our practice content is aligned to the current College Board Course & Exam Description so the questions you see here cover the same skills as the real exam, including a timed full-length practice that mirrors the actual paper.

There are 15 practice tests for AP United States History right now, sorted by difficulty so you can warm up easy or push into exam-level questions. Every multiple-choice question comes with a written explanation and a rationale for each wrong choice, and each unit has a worked-solutions page you can read straight through.

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Unit 1
Period 1: 1491–1607
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Unit 2
Period 2: 1607–1754
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Unit 3
Period 3: 1754–1800
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Unit 4
Period 4: 1800–1848
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Unit 5
Period 5: 1844–1877
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Unit 6
Period 6: 1865–1898
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Unit 7
Period 7: 1890–1945
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Unit 8
Period 8: 1945–1980
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Unit 9
Period 9: 1980–Present
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Full-length practice exam

Timed practice with 55 questions mirroring the real exam structure.

Free-response questions

FRQ analyses and walkthroughs by year.