But I was looking at one of our state major university's course catalog and they have two classes for American history at the freshman level (1000)...before 1877 and one for 1877 to present.....AP could make more money if they offered two AP tests.

I actually took the APUSH in 1983 and got college credit for my score at this same university...I wonder which class I got credit for...before 1877 or after 1877 or if at the time they broke it into two classes or just had one.