Clep: History of the United States I: Early Colonizations to 1877

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Summary: All you need to Pass US HIST I CLEP
Review: This was the first CLEP test I had ever taken. I studied this book for about 5 solid days (over a 2 week period). US History is not a subject I was familiar with and this book was all I used to study. I took the test last week (April 14th, 2003) and received a score of 62 (you only need a 50 to pass). It is very helpful to take all three practice exams and carefully read the correct answers to each question after taking the practice exams. Overall, the book covered about 75% of what appeared on the test.

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Summary: The only book you need to pass
Review: This was the only book I used to prep for this exam and I took the exam today and passed with a score of 52 (50 is the minimum passing score). I studied on and off for a week and a half, took all 3 practice tests in the book and memorized around half of the questions. The last class I had in History was over 10 years ago in high school (and I hated it). This book is definately worth the money.

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Summary: Book was enough..........
Review: Well I concur with another reviewer here, book was enough of a base for me to pass the CLEP test. However, many questions on the actual test referred to periods, antebellum, that were not listed in this book. It was extremely helpful to read the detailed answers in the back after missing a question or just for more in depth knowledge of the subject. Also their were a lot of questions on women's rights and activists that were just skimmed over in the book. If you just want to pass the test, this book would probably be enough as long as you study it well.