United States and Louisiana history from the early republic through Reconstruction, sorted by LEAP reporting category.
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The real test: LEAP social studies, grade 7
Time limit
195 minutes
The course
The United States and Louisiana from 1791 to 1877, beginning with the presidency of George Washington and ending with Reconstruction.
Sessions
Three, each timed at 65 minutes. No extra time without a documented accommodation.
What is on it
About 5 to 7 item sets or tasks and 12 to 16 standalone items, built on sources such as maps, timelines and excerpts. Field-test questions are mixed in and do n
Reporting categories
Three for content: The First Presidents through the Era of Good Feelings; Regional Changes, Reform Movements, and Sectionalism; The Civil War and Reconstruction
Last year for grade 7
2026-2027. From 2027-2028 grade 7 takes no LEAP social studies test, and the grade 8 test includes content from grades 6 through 8.
Scores
Five achievement levels: Unsatisfactory, Approaching Basic, Basic, Mastery and Advanced. The window for computer-based tests in 2027 is April 1 to May 12.
The First Presidents through the Era of Good Feelings 14
The election of 1800 ended in an Electoral College tie. How did the Twelfth Amendment keep that from happening the same way again?National Archives, Tally of Electoral Votes for the 1800 Presidential Election
In 1810, American settlers in West Florida rebelled and declared independence from which country?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)
In his 1796 Farewell Address, George Washington warned of three dangers to the republic. Which was one of them?U.S. Senate, Washington's Farewell Address
In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), what did the Supreme Court decide about the national bank?National Archives, Milestone Documents: McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
In the 1790s the Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the followers of Thomas Jefferson disagreed most about what?Library of Congress, Creating the United States: Formation of Political Parties
In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, what price did the United States agree to pay France?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
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The First Presidents through the Era of Good Feelings, continued
In the XYZ Affair, what did French agents demand before their foreign minister would negotiate with American envoys?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France, 1798–1800
President Jefferson sent several expeditions into the land of the Louisiana Purchase. Which river did the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition explore?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.8h
What did the Sedition Act of 1798 make a crime?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
What did the United States gain under the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)
What was impressment, a cause of the War of 1812?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: War of 1812–1815
Which event of the War of 1812 moved Francis Scott Key to write the words that became "The Star-Spangled Banner"?National Park Service, Fort McHenry: Francis Scott Key
Why did the Shawnee leader Tecumseh ally with Britain in the War of 1812?National Park Service, Tecumseh
Why is the date of the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, often pointed out?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Regional Changes, Reform Movements and Sectionalism 15
The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves took effect in 1808. Which trade in enslaved people went on after that?National Archives, The Slave Trade
Before the Civil War, the reformer Dorothea Dix worked to improve care for which group?National Park Service, Dorothea Dix
Captain Henry Miller Shreve is studied in Louisiana history for his part in which development?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.10k
The German Coast Uprising, Nat Turner's Rebellion and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry are studied together as examples of what?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.12d
How did the cotton gin affect slavery in the South?National Archives, Eli Whitney's Patent for the Cotton Gin
Louisiana's standards name two machines that added to the use of enslaved labor in the South. The cotton gin was one. The multiple-effect evaporator was used to process which crop?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.10j
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, who would decide whether slavery was legal in those territories?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
What did 100 women and men sign at the close of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?National Park Service, Women's Rights National Historical Park: The First Women's Rights Convention
What did John Brown and his followers capture at Harpers Ferry in October 1859?National Park Service, John Brown
What help did the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 give for building a railroad across the country?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Pacific Railway Act (1862)
What power did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 give the president?National Archives, Milestone Documents: President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)
Which present-day state was part of the land Mexico ceded in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.11d
Whose request to enter the Union as a free state in 1849 led to the Compromise of 1850?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Compromise of 1850
Why did the United States want the land of the Gadsden Purchase?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854
The Civil War and Reconstruction 12
At what occasion did President Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address in November 1863?National Park Service, Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Gettysburg Address
For which act in 1862 is Robert Smalls remembered?National Park Service, Robert Smalls
How did the Black Codes affect Black Americans in the South after the Civil War?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.14h
In his First Inaugural Address, what did Abraham Lincoln say about slavery in the states where it already existed?National Park Service, Lincoln Home National Historic Site: First Inaugural Address
To which places did the Emancipation Proclamation apply when it was issued on January 1, 1863?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Under Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, when could a Confederate state set up a new state government?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Wade-Davis Bill (1864)
What did the Fourteenth Amendment grant to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?National Archives, Milestone Documents: 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)
What happened at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865?National Park Service, Appomattox Court House: The Surrender Meeting
When Louisiana seceded, the state seized federal properties within its borders. Which of these was one of them?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.13b
Which events are tied to the end of Reconstruction?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.14g
Which of these did the Freedmen's Bureau do after the Civil War?National Archives, The Freedmen's Bureau
Why did General Grant lay siege to Vicksburg in 1863?National Park Service, Vicksburg National Military Park: The Siege of Vicksburg
Skills: Establishing Context 2
A map of the United States in 1800 is set beside a map from 1804. Which change should a student expect to see?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
Which list puts these events in the order they happened?National Archives, Milestone Documents: Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
Skills: Examining Sources and Claims 2
A student claims that the cotton gin increased the demand for enslaved labor. Which evidence best supports the claim?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.7
Which of these is a primary source for studying the Battle of New Orleans?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 7.6
Unofficial practice for the 7th grade LEAP social studies test, which covers the United States and Louisiana from 1791 to 1877. The 45 questions are our own, and none is a state item. Not affiliated with the Louisiana Department of Education.
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What 7th grade social studies covers on LEAP
The state's guide reports grade 7 in three content categories. The First Presidents through the Era of Good Feelings holds the first parties, the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812. Regional Changes, Reform Movements and Sectionalism holds westward expansion, Indian removal, cotton and sugar, reformers and the laws that divided North and South. The Civil War and Reconstruction closes the course. Two skills categories ask students to place events in context and to weigh sources and claims.
Louisiana in every era
The standards set Louisiana inside the national story, and so do these questions: the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition, West Florida, the Battle of New Orleans, sugar, steamboats and secession.
Learn each event with its cause and its effect; standard 7.7 asks for both.
Questions and answers
Is 7th grade social studies tested on LEAP?
Yes, in 2026-2027, when every grade from 3 to 8 takes its own LEAP social studies test. That is grade 7's last year: from 2027-2028 grades 4, 6 and 7 take none, and the grade 8 test includes content from grades 6 through 8.
How long is the 7th grade LEAP social studies test?
Three timed sessions of 65 minutes each. The state's guide describes about 5 to 7 item sets or tasks and 12 to 16 standalone items, with written responses among them.
What kinds of questions are on the real test?
Multiple choice with four options, multiple select, technology-enhanced items, two-part items, a constructed response and an extended response. Item sets and tasks are built around sources such as maps, timelines and excerpts. This page is multiple choice in words only.
Does Louisiana publish its own grade 7 social studies questions?
The state's assessment guide for grades 5 to 8 carries sample test items, and its Online Tools Training shows the item types. The guide is on the assessment guidance page linked under the questions. The 45 questions here are different and unofficial.