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Grade 8 Social Studies quiz

100 practice questions. Tap an answer, then use the list below to study with a parent or teacher.

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

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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

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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.