The AP U.S. History course and test are being overhauled in 2019-2020. This edition is being published off-cycle in December to capture the latest College Board test changes, which include changes to both the range and organization of content covered on the exam, and minor changes to the test structure itself.

Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2020 Edition, provides students with an in-depth review of key terms and concepts organized by time period, including the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the creation of government and early democracy, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Machine Age, the early twentieth century, post-World War America, and more. It also includes winning strategies to help students crack the multiple-choice section and detailed coverage of both essay types--DBQ (document-based question) and free-response.