Question and answer list
Each item is a 4-option MCQ. Open a question, tap A–D. Green is correct, red is wrong. Original US classroom practice — not a state test copy.
1. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 66 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
2. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 67 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
3. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 68 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
4. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 69 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
5. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 70 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
6. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 71 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
7. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 72 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
8. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 73 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
9. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 74 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
10. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 75 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
11. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 76 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
12. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 77 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
13. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 78 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
14. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 79 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
15. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 80 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
16. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 81 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
17. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 82 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
18. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 83 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
19. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 84 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
20. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 85 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
21. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 86 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
22. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 87 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
23. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 88 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
24. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 89 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
25. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 90 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
26. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 91 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
27. Grade 8 social studies — reconstruction: practice check 92 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
28. Reconstruction was the period
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) after the Civil War when the US rebuilt the South and redefined citizenship
It is often dated 1865–1877.
29. The 14th Amendment
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) granted citizenship and equal protection
It is central to later civil-rights cases.
30. The 15th Amendment
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) protected voting rights regardless of race (for men)
Women’s suffrage came later with the 19th.
31. Freedmen’s Bureau was created to
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) help formerly enslaved people with food, schools, and contracts
It was a federal agency.
32. Black Codes were
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) Southern laws that restricted African Americans after the war
Congress answered with civil-rights laws.
33. Sharecropping often left families
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) in debt to landowners
It replaced slavery with a harsh labor system for many.
34. The Compromise of 1877 is tied to
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the end of Reconstruction and the withdrawal of federal troops
White Democratic “Redeemers” then took power in the South.
35. Jim Crow laws
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction
They lasted for decades until the civil-rights era.
36. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 84 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
37. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 85 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
38. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 86 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
39. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 87 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
40. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 88 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
41. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 89 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
42. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 90 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
43. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 91 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
44. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 92 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
45. The US Civil War was fought mainly from
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) 1861 to 1865
It began after Southern states seceded.
46. A major cause was
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) slavery and its expansion into new territories
Sectionalism and states’ rights debates were tied to slavery.
47. Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) helped trigger Southern secession
Many Southern leaders feared limits on slavery.
48. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) declared freedom for enslaved people in rebel states
It also allowed Black men to join the Union army in new ways.
49. The Union capital was
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) Washington, D.C.
The Confederacy’s capital became Richmond, Virginia.
50. Gettysburg (1863) is remembered as
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a turning-point Union victory in Pennsylvania
Lincoln later gave the Gettysburg Address there.
51. Appomattox Court House is where
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865
It effectively ended major fighting.
52. The 13th Amendment
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) abolished slavery in the United States
It was ratified in 1865.
53. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 1 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
54. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 2 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
55. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 3 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
56. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 4 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
57. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 5 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
58. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 6 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
59. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 7 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
60. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 8 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
61. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 9 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
62. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 10 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
63. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 11 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
64. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 12 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
65. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 13 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
66. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 14 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
67. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 15 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
68. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 16 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
69. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 17 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
70. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 18 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
71. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 19 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
72. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 20 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
73. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 21 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
74. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 22 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
75. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 23 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
76. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 24 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
77. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 25 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
78. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 26 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
79. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 27 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
80. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 28 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
81. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 29 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
82. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 30 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
83. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 31 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
84. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 32 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
85. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 33 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
86. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 34 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
87. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 35 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
88. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 36 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
89. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 37 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
90. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 38 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
91. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 39 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
92. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 40 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
93. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 41 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
94. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 42 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
95. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 43 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
96. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 44 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
97. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 45 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
98. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 46 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
99. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 47 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
100. Grade 8 social studies — civil war: practice check 48 — the reliable next step is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) try the item, then read the tip
Original GKSchools practice — not a state exam leak. Come back tomorrow; order rotates.
