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College Board AP® US History:
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Browse our range of College Board AP® History Past Exams and Scoring Guidelines below. Testing yourself with AP® History past exams is a great way to identify which topics need more revision, so you can ensure that you are revising as effectively as possible to help you get ready for your AP® History exam.

2025
May 2025 Free Response Questions Set 1	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4
May 2025 Free Response Questions Set 2	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4
2024
May 2024 Free Response Questions Set 1	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4
May 2024 Free Response Questions Set 2	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4

2023
May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 1	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Sample Responses LEQ 3
May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 2	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2022
May 2022 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2021
May 2021 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses LEQ 2 Sample Responses LEQ 3 Sample Responses LEQ 4 Sample Responses SAQ 1 Sample Responses SAQ 2 Sample Responses SAQ 3 Sample Responses SAQ 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2019
May 2019 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses Q1 SA Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Sample Responses Q2 SQ Sample Responses Q3 LEQ Sample Responses Q3 SA Sample Responses Q4 LEQ Sample Responses Q4 SA Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2018
May 2018 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 DBQ Sample Responses Q1 SA Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Sample Responses Q2 SQ Sample Responses Q3 LEQ Sample Responses Q3 SA Sample Responses Q4 LEQ Sample Responses Q4 SA Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2017
May 2017 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 DBQ Sample Responses Q1 SA Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Sample Responses Q2 SA Sample Responses Q3 LEQ Sample Responses Q3 SA Sample Responses Q4 SA Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2016
May 2016 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses DBQ Sample Responses Q1 SA Sample Responses Q2 LEQ Sample Responses Q2 SA Sample Responses Q3 LEQ Sample Responses Q3 SA Sample Responses Q4 SA Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2015
May 2015 Free Response Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Introduction and Preface Short Answer Question 1 Short Answer Question 2 Short Answer Question 3 Document-Based Question 1 Long Essay Question 2 Long Essay Question 3

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