Free AP US History Practice Test 2027
201 original source-based multiple-choice questions, Period 1 to Period 9. Tuned for mobile. No account needed.
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The AP US History exam at a glance
The AP U.S. History Exam is a fully digital, 3 hour 15 minute exam from the College Board. Section I has 55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes (40% of the score), usually in sets of three or four that share a primary or secondary source, plus 3 short-answer questions in 40 minutes (20%). Section II has a document-based question in 60 minutes (25%) and a long essay in 40 minutes (15%). The course runs from 1491 to the present in nine periods; Periods 3 to 8 are each 10% to 17% of the multiple-choice section. Scores are reported from 1 to 5, and wrong answers are not penalized.
Tigertest has two full 55-question AP U.S. History multiple-choice sections and seven drills by period, all free with no account required. The short-answer questions and essays are not included.
- Multiple choice
- 55 questions, 55 minutes, 40% of score
- Short answer
- 3 questions, 40 minutes, 20%
- Essays
- DBQ 60 minutes (25%), long essay 40 minutes (15%)
- Answer choices
- 4 per multiple-choice question
- Periods
- 9, from 1491 to the present
- Score
- 1 to 5; no penalty for wrong answers
- Given by
- College Board, digital in the Bluebook app
Updated by the Tigertest team. Practice questions follow the College Board AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description (effective fall 2026) and AP Central exam page. Exam rules change, so confirm current details with College Board AP Central.
How It Works
Drills by Period
Seven drills: Periods 1 and 2 together, each of Periods 3 to 7, and Periods 8 and 9 together. Questions you miss come back until you have mastered them, so a weak period gets the practice it needs.
Practice Tests
Two full multiple-choice sections: 55 questions in 55 minutes, on the real clock, with the source beside each set and a score by period at the end. Practice Test 2 is held out of the drills, so it measures readiness. The essays are not included.
Weighted Like the Real Exam
These are the College Board's weights for the nine periods. Every Tigertest practice test has 3 questions from Period 1, 4 from Period 2, 7 or 8 from each of Periods 3 to 8 and 3 from Period 9, all in source-based sets, including one set that compares two historians. The sources are original practice texts written in the style of their time; each label describes the kind of writer, not a real person.
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1. Date the source first
Before reading the questions, look at who wrote the source and when. Placing it in its period tells you what was happening around it, and most questions ask about that context: what caused it, what it reacted to, or what came next.
2. Answer from the history, not just the text
The source starts the question, but the answer usually needs what you know about the period. Eliminate choices from the wrong era first: an answer about the New Deal cannot explain a source from 1850.
3. Spend your time on Periods 3 to 8
Six periods from 1754 to 1980 make up most of the multiple-choice section. Know the causes and effects of the big turning points in each: the Revolution, the Constitution, the market revolution, the sectional crisis, industrialization, the New Deal and the Cold War.
4. Keep to a minute a question
With 55 questions in 55 minutes, read each source once, answer its set, and flag the hard ones to come back to. Wrong answers cost nothing, so never leave a question blank. Tigertest shows your score by period, so drill your weakest period before each full test.
AP US History Frequently Asked Questions
What is the format of the AP U.S. History Exam?
The AP U.S. History Exam is fully digital and lasts 3 hours 15 minutes. Section I has 55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes (40% of the score) and 3 short-answer questions in 40 minutes (20%). Section II has a document-based question with seven documents in 60 minutes, including a 15-minute reading period (25%), and a long essay in 40 minutes (15%).
What do APUSH multiple-choice questions look like?
They usually come in sets of three or four that share one or more sources: primary and secondary texts, images, charts and maps, with at least one set of paired texts on the exam. Each question has four answer choices, and the questions ask you to analyze the source and the history around it, not just recall a fact. No points are taken off for wrong answers.
Which periods are on the AP U.S. History Exam?
Nine periods from 1491 to the present. Period 1 (1491-1607) and Period 9 (1980-present) are each 4% to 6% of the multiple-choice section and Period 2 (1607-1754) is 6% to 8%. Periods 3 to 8, from 1754 to 1980, are each 10% to 17%. Every Tigertest practice test follows those weights.
How is the AP U.S. History Exam scored?
AP scores run from 1 to 5. The College Board combines the multiple-choice, short-answer, document-based and long essay sections into a composite and converts it to a score of 1 to 5 each year; it does not publish a fixed percentage for each score. Tigertest reports the percent you got right on a full multiple-choice section, and its goals are its own targets, not official cutoffs.
Does the Tigertest APUSH practice test include the essays?
No. Tigertest models the 55-question multiple-choice section only. The short-answer questions, the document-based question and the long essay are written responses scored by readers, so practice them with your teacher; the College Board is updating the short-answer and long essay questions for the May 2027 exam. The questions and sources here are original, written to the College Board course framework, and Tigertest is not affiliated with the College Board.
I teach AP U.S. History. Can my students use Tigertest?
Yes, for free. Make a class at tigertest.io/teach, post one link, and students join with just their name. You see who practiced, their test scores and the topics your class misses most.
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