Please Help!!!Which CLEP test is easier, History I or History II?

[vanessa000abc]

Thank you so much for your insightful advice. It really helps.

My college (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) also requires the essay version along with the CLEP multiple choice. I just took the essay to Western Civ II yesterday. I took it once before and failed the essay portion. My college is kind of ignorant about CLEPs and it took some persuading for them to let me re-take the essay portion only.

It has been my experience with the essay portion that, if you don't say something stupid, then you will pass. (I hope).They threw me a curve ball with the Western Civ II essay, and I wrote an essay on something totally different than what they asked. So, you'll probably be fine if you write a three-point essay and sound knowledgeable about the topic.

My college gave me four essay prompts divided into two "categories." I was allowed to pick one from each category and write an essay on each topic. I had 90 minutes.

I found the U.S. History I was easier, but that was because I had a strong background in this area (Founding of the nation, Revolution, Civil War). I would probably advise you to take U.S. History II since you are not originally from the U.S. The test will have more modern information, and I think you might be able to relate to it better because it covers the U.S. in more global terms. You might even get an essay question on the Cold War like I did.

My advice: highlight the major topics throughout U.S. History since 1865. For example, it might be World War I, World War II, the Cold War, Industrialization, the Great Depression. I don't remember all the main topics, but you can often see a thread running throughout history and how one major event affects the other. For example, World War I led to World War II, which led to the Cold War. WWI led to the Russian Revolution which created the Soviet Union and the Red Scare of the Cold War. It is easier to study when you can understand why the events took place, and what their impact was on later events.

I studied REA's U.S. History II and Barron's EZ 101 Study Key book. I wish you well. Study hard and I'm sure you'll do fine.:patriot: