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.
- Classroom review
- Test prep
- Team trivia
- Group play
- Family game night
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
What crop became central to Jamestown's economy?
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Tobacco
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What 1765 law taxed printed materials in the colonies?
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Stamp Act
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What earlier plan of government was replaced by the Constitution?
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Articles of Confederation
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Who was the first president?
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George Washington
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What issue was the central cause of the Civil War?
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Slavery
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Board content
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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