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Know your [[Presidents of the United States|list of presidents]], by memorizing the list and counting forward.  For example, who was 10th President?  (Count forward from Washington until you reach [[John Tyler]].)  Who was the president in 1826?  ([[John Quincy Adams]])
 
Know your [[Presidents of the United States|list of presidents]], by memorizing the list and counting forward.  For example, who was 10th President?  (Count forward from Washington until you reach [[John Tyler]].)  Who was the president in 1826?  ([[John Quincy Adams]])
 
Best tip of all: understand each question before trying to answer it.  That is essential.
 
Best tip of all: understand each question before trying to answer it.  That is essential.
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Cartoons:  a combination of facts and argument by the cartoonist.  He uses caricatures to express a point of view.  The key to deciphering cartoons is to have attention to detail, to pick up all the clues.
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History exams are weighted by importance, and a big mistake in preparation is to spend too much time on an obscure time period or issue.  Only one third of the first CLEP exam (through Reconstruction) is devoted to the beginning of time to 1789.  So don't start with that period and burn out before you reach 1790 to 1877, where two-thirds of the questions will come from.
    
Why did the [[Republicans]] win the presidency every time between [[Andrew Johnson]] and [[World War I]], except for Grover Cleveland’s victories?  Because the Republicans would “wave the bloody shirt,” which means reminding the voters of how the Democrats sided with the South during the [[Civil War]].
 
Why did the [[Republicans]] win the presidency every time between [[Andrew Johnson]] and [[World War I]], except for Grover Cleveland’s victories?  Because the Republicans would “wave the bloody shirt,” which means reminding the voters of how the Democrats sided with the South during the [[Civil War]].
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