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U.S. History to 1877 (Grade 8) Midterm — Quick Check, Units 4–6

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Social Studies Grade 8 10 multiple choice

Free printable U.S. History to 1877 midterm (Grade 8): 10 multiple-choice questions covering Constitution & Early Republic, Expansion & Reform, Civil War & Reconstruction. Answer key included — customize it in the Midterm Maker.

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U.S. History to 1877 (Grade 8) Midterm — Quick Check, Units 4–6
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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

Covers: Constitution & Early Republic · Expansion & Reform · Civil War & Reconstruction

Part 1: Multiple Choice

  1. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise decide?
    1. A. How the President would be elected
    2. B. How many senators each state would have
    3. C. How enslaved people would be counted for representation
    4. D. How many justices would sit on the Supreme Court
  2. Alexander Hamilton supported creating which institution?
    1. A. A national university
    2. B. A national bank
    3. C. A state-run church
    4. D. A federal postal system
  3. Which two groups formed the first U.S. political parties?
    1. A. Republicans and Democrats
    2. B. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
    3. C. Patriots and Loyalists
    4. D. Whigs and Democrats
  4. Frederick Douglass is best known as what?
    1. A. The inventor of the steel plow
    2. B. A general in the Mexican-American War
    3. C. A leader of the Gold Rush
    4. D. A formerly enslaved abolitionist speaker and writer
  5. How did the cotton gin affect slavery?
    1. A. It increased demand for enslaved labor
    2. B. It caused Southern farmers to stop growing cotton
    3. C. It ended the need for enslaved labor
    4. D. It moved cotton farming to the North
  6. What was the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 about?
    1. A. Temperance in schools
    2. B. Women's rights
    3. C. Building canals
    4. D. Ending the slave trade
  7. What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?
    1. A. Banned slavery in all U.S. territories
    2. B. Allowed Kansas to vote on slavery
    3. C. Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
    4. D. Ended the slave trade with Africa
  8. What helped bring Reconstruction to an end in 1877?
    1. A. Federal troops were withdrawn from the South
    2. B. The Confederacy was restored
    3. C. Congress banned all voting in the South
    4. D. The Fourteenth Amendment was repealed
  9. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) allow?
    1. A. Settlers to vote on whether to allow slavery
    2. B. Nebraska to ban Native American settlement
    3. C. Kansas to join the Union as a free state
    4. D. Congress to end slavery in the South
  10. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?
    1. A. Richmond
    2. B. Atlanta
    3. C. Vicksburg
    4. D. Appomattox Court House

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