Well, its that time of year across the country, High School Students are prepping for advanced placement exams. In various topics. And here on American History tv, were going to take a look at the 2023 advanced placement us history exam. Joining us jason stacy a history professor at Southern Illinois university in edwardsville and Matt Ellington, who teaches ap history at Iowa High School in chino hills, california. Mr. Ellington, if we could start with you. What exactly is the ap history exam . Well, good morning and thanks for having us on the ap us history exam is an end, of course exam. The test students knowledge and skills relating to u. S. To u. S. History is designed to be a test, and the course is designed as such to mimic a College Level course in terms of the content and the skills that students need to be able to succeed at a College Level. So its really a combination of a survey course that starts in 1491, which is the year before columbus comes all the way to the present,