Review key causes, battles, leaders, documents, and Reconstruction policies of the U.S. Civil War. Built for Grades 8-11. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed. This is a Grades 8–11 History / Social Studies review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Road to War, Battles & Turning Points, Leaders & Figures, Laws & Documents, Reconstruction Era.
- Grades 8–11 History / Social Studies review
- Whole-class review on one shared screen
- Test or quiz prep
- Team-vs-team practice in class
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 issue was the primary cause of Southern secession?
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Slavery
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in April 1861?
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Fort Sumter
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Who was the U.S. president during most of the Civil War?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What 1863 order declared enslaved people free in rebelling states?
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Emancipation Proclamation
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What federal agency provided food, schools, and aid to freedpeople?
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Board content
Road to War
- $100 — What issue was the primary cause of Southern secession?
- Slavery
- $200 — Which 1820 compromise kept a balance between free and slave states?
- Missouri Compromise
- $300 — Which 1854 law allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- $400 — Which 1857 Supreme Court case said enslaved people were not citizens?
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- $500 — Who led the 1859 raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
- John Brown
Battles & Turning Points
- $100 — Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in April 1861?
- Fort Sumter
- $200 — What 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day in American history?
- Antietam
- $300 — Which July 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is often called the turning point?
- Gettysburg
- $400 — Which 1863 siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
- Vicksburg
- $500 — Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?
- Appomattox Court House
Leaders & Figures
- $100 — Who was the U.S. president during most of the Civil War?
- Abraham Lincoln
- $200 — Who served as president of the Confederate States?
- Jefferson Davis
- $300 — Which Union general won at Vicksburg and later led all Union armies?
- Ulysses S. Grant
- $400 — Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
- Robert E. Lee
- $500 — Who led the destructive March to the Sea in 1864?
- William T. Sherman
Laws & Documents
- $100 — What 1863 order declared enslaved people free in rebelling states?
- Emancipation Proclamation
- $200 — Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
- 13th Amendment
- $300 — Which amendment defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection?
- 14th Amendment
- $400 — Which amendment protected voting rights for Black men?
- 15th Amendment
- $500 — What were postwar Southern laws restricting freedpeople's rights called?
- Black Codes
Reconstruction Era
- $100 — What federal agency provided food, schools, and aid to freedpeople?
- Freedmen's Bureau
- $200 — What labor system kept many freedpeople in cycles of debt on farms?
- Sharecropping
- $300 — What name was given to Republicans seeking strict Reconstruction and rights for freedpeople?
- Radical Republicans
- $400 — Which president was impeached in 1868 during Reconstruction?
- Andrew Johnson
- $500 — What 1877 agreement ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops?
- Compromise of 1877
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