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8th Grade Social Studies Review

8th grade (grade 8) middle school classrooms · Medium · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review History · Social Studies · 8th grade (grade 8) middle school through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Colonial America, American Revolution, Constitution, Early Republic, Civil War Era. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Colonial America

    What crop became central to Jamestown's economy?

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    Tobacco

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  • American Revolution

    What 1765 law taxed printed materials in the colonies?

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    Stamp Act

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  • Constitution

    What earlier plan of government was replaced by the Constitution?

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    Articles of Confederation

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  • Early Republic

    Who was the first president?

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    George Washington

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  • Civil War Era

    What issue was the central cause of the Civil War?

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    Slavery

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Colonial America

$100 — What crop became central to Jamestown's economy?
Tobacco
$200 — What religious group founded Pennsylvania?
Quakers
$300 — What colonial region had rocky soil and shipbuilding?
New England
$400 — What colonial region relied heavily on plantation agriculture?
Southern colonies
$500 — What trade network connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular trade

American Revolution

$100 — What 1765 law taxed printed materials in the colonies?
Stamp Act
$200 — What protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
$300 — What pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence?
Common Sense
$400 — What battle is considered the turning point because it helped secure French support?
Saratoga
$500 — What treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris

Constitution

$100 — What earlier plan of government was replaced by the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
$200 — What compromise created a bicameral legislature?
Great Compromise
$300 — What compromise counted enslaved people for representation?
Three-Fifths Compromise
$400 — What essays supported ratification of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
$500 — What principle divides power among branches?
Separation of powers

Early Republic

$100 — Who was the first president?
George Washington
$200 — What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
$300 — What Supreme Court case created the power of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
$400 — What policy warned Europe against colonizing the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
$500 — What political party was led by Thomas Jefferson?
Democratic-Republicans

Civil War Era

$100 — What issue was the central cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
$200 — What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
$300 — What battle is often considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
$400 — Which constitutional amendment ended slavery in the United States?
Thirteenth Amendment
$500 — What period rebuilt the South after the Civil War?
Reconstruction

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