Exploring+AP

July 5

In the AP exam there is a free-response section like essays, oral responses, and problems that you must solve. along with this section there would also be multiple choice. For the AP exam, you can get either 5 grades. 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. There seems be be the most multiple choices and compared to that less free-response section questions. I'm interested in learning about the themes: culture, environment, and american diversity. Questions I have about the exam are: 1. How long will it take to be completed being graded? 2. If we fail the exam, do we have to retake it? 3. How important and how much influence will taking this course/exam be? --I think that this article has strong point; slavery influenced the world. The article gives a good unbiased discussion of the topic. Within North America, there are parts; the north where it was anti-slavery and the south where is was pro-slavery. Within this country, the development of slavery became essential but also led on to questioning of it's doubt in importance. Though it was wrong, people had thought that some people are supposed to be slaves-"natural slaves". Traded out of Africa were slaves. These slaves were efficient so they were "wanted". Slavery was called the "peculiar institution" but it wasn't strange or peculiar at all. It had existed in almost every country or society. Even the Indian populations had plunged due to others that use them for labor. Before black slaves were used, it was white slaves that were used, but since there was racial discrimination, there was a shift from white slaves to black slaves. Slavery is the "dark underside" of America because of its brutality and the many battles, like the Civil War, that was just unforgettable. Without a doubt, slavery was a great influence in society back then as well as the great importance in our history now. Slavery was, though, important because our life now depended on the events that had happened int he past. If slavery didn't happen, America probably wouldn't have the great up rise in its economy. No one could predict the future, so no consequences can be calculated. Just like a road can have many smaller paths connected, choices made are what leads to a different path.