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What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions?
 * The exam is 3 hours and 5 minutes long and is split up into 2 sections. The first section is a multiple choice question section and lasts about 55 minutes. The free-response section lasts 130 minutes and contains a 15 minute mandatory reading.

What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”
 * For multiple chopice questions, the time period of 1790-1914 is covered the most while Pre-Colombian to 1789 makes up least of the percentage of the multiple choice section. The multiple-choice and free-response combined are mainly made up of social change, and cultural and intellectual developments. They are made up least of economic developments.
 * The Crisis of the Union- This involves the issues that I liked most during US 1. There was a lot of conflict between the nation that revolved primarily around slavery and I would like to learn about it more.
 * Reconstruction- I think this is interesting because after the Civil War, the union had so much to rebuilt in the south. Also I would like to know how all the citizens contributed to the reconstruction.
 * Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century- I think his would be interesting because it would be a lot more modern information like technology.
 * 1) What does it mean if a person scores a 5 on the AP exam? Does that mean they will not have to take the course in college?
 * 2) How long is the document that you read during the 15 minute reading period? What if you don't finish it?
 * 3) How long do the essays in the free-response have to be?

I agree with the author's argument. Even though the Americas were not the only nations to have slavery, their reasons for having slavery was different. Slavery had roots from the Greek and Romans, who expanded land and kept slaves of every color. Americans had Indian slaves but they had began to die out from European diseases. They thought that they could use Africans as slaves because that was their only option because Indian slaves had died out. I think that slavery was called a "peculiar institution" because even though it was done, it wasn't right. And although it wasn't right it was common in a lot of socities and slave trade promoted harsher behavoir.