Ap Us History - Blog Posts

Today in APUSH, we got to the part about Stonewall. In a very conservative town, our teacher is a lesbian who might probably be ex-military. Suffice to say, no shit was taken and I admire her very much.

I definitely struggled with AP US History this year because of the change in the format (definitely missed the old format when I took AP European History). So I thought I would share some of the resources I used to help me succeed!

general knowledge about the exam

collegeboard - understanding the exam

collegeboard - practice exams (new format)

textbook notes

AP study notes 

course notes

helpful refreshers

sparknotes - super helful for last minute review!

helpful videos with fill-in-the-blank study guides

other amazing resources

teacher website

scribd study guide - some topics are missing, but still pretty useful!

another scribd study guide 

my own notes from periods 1 to 9 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8q0xuGsLHKWSHI0WmRLdi1mZGc

my notes are not complete, but i thought i would share it with you guys for anybody who may find it helpful in some way. if you guys do decide to use it or find it useful, message me or something so i know that i have helped others out! 

please reblog/like this so that more people who are studying for AP US History can see this! thank you! <3 

What were the main court cases we need to know? I know ones like Brown VBoard, RoeVWade, MarburyVMadison and that SupCourt Justice John Marshall from the late 18th to early 19th century was v impt. Anything else about judiciary stuff?

dred scott v. sandford (1857): establishes that slaves are property and have no rights (now viewed as a horrific mistake)

miranda v. arizona (1966): established rights of the accused (“you have the right to remain silent,” etc., also known as the miranda rights)

korematsu vs. u.s. (1944): ruled that japanese interment was legal (like the dred scott case, now viewed as terrible)

reynolds v. sims (1964): redistricted voting districts so that higher-population areas (read: areas more likely to have poor people/immigrants/poc) were equally represented in state legislatures, rather than being represented based on land area. the theory behind this is “one man, one vote”

gideon v. wainwright (1963): established that all accused have the right to a public defender

plessy v. ferguson (1896): ruled “separate but equal” things for black people were legal. overturned by brown v. board of ed

also, you definitely need to know that earl warren was the supreme court chief justice from 1953-1969 and that he was the force behind all those important ones during the 50s and 60s. very progressive dude. thurgood marshall was the first black justice, sandra day o'connor was the first woman. that’s all the major supreme court stuff i can think of!

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