MAIN: The WWI Causation Acronym That Actually Works (With A Warning)

Multiple major powers, a tangle of alliances, a decades-long arms race, colonial rivalries across three continents, and an assassination that somehow ignites all of it simultaneously. Where to begin?

Unlike the DBQ, where they give you documents to analyze, or the Short Answer Questions, where the sources are right there on the page, the LEQ demands something brutal: you have to pull evidence entirely from your own memory, on the spot, under time pressure.

Make sure you never blank on the AP History LEQ again with these tips.