Question 1
The views in the excerpt differed from those of Stephen Douglas, who
AP US History pass rate and score distribution
In May 2025, 73.7% of AP US History students scored 3 or higher. The mean score was 3.30 out of 5.
| Students in May 2025 | 516,738 |
|---|---|
| Scored 3 or higher | 73.7% |
| Scored 5 | 14.2% |
| Mean score | 3.30 |
The May 2025 distribution
- A 5: 14.2% (73,142 students)
- A 4: 36.2% (186,958 students)
- A 3: 23.3% (120,519 students)
- A 2: 18.4% (94,862 students)
- A 1: 8.0% (41,257 students)
What counts as passing
College Board does not call any score a pass. Many US colleges grant credit or advanced placement for scores of 3 and above, and each college decides which scores it accepts. Check the colleges on your list.
How a score is made
The four parts are weighted 40% multiple choice, 20% short answer, 25% document-based question and 15% long essay. College Board converts the weighted total to the 1 to 5 scale. Our practice exams report questions right and points earned, never an AP score.
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Abraham Lincoln, speech, 1858
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States.
Source: Abraham Lincoln, speech accepting the Republican nomination for the Senate, Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858, adapted. Public domain.
Richard M. Nixon, address on Vietnam, 1969
And so tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans, I ask for your support. . . .
Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.
Source: Richard M. Nixon, address to the nation on the war in Vietnam, November 3, 1969, adapted. Public domain.
Question 2
Nixon gave the address at a time when
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What is the AP US History pass rate?
73.7% of students scored 3 or higher in May 2025, the score many US colleges accept for credit.
What is the average AP US History score?
3.30 in May 2025.
How many students take AP US History?
516,738 students took the AP US History exam in May 2025.