This board helps players review U.S. Government through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Foundations, Principles, Forms of Govt, Rights & The Law, Civic Participation. 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.
This is the main purpose of a government: providing rules, order, and protection.
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Provide rules, order, protection
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This principle means power comes from the people.
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Popular Sovereignty
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In this form, the people hold power directly.
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Democracy
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This name refers to the first 10 amendments.
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Bill of Rights
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The most direct way to influence leaders is this.
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Voting
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Foundations
- $100 — This is the main purpose of a government: providing rules, order, and protection.
- Provide rules, order, protection
- $200 — This government service includes building public schools and roads.
- Public schools and roads
- $300 — This document is the supreme law and framework of the U.S.
- U.S. Constitution
- $400 — These early rules failed because the national government was too weak.
- Articles of Confederation
- $500 — During judicial review, when a law breaks the Constitution, this happens.
- The Court strikes it down
Principles
- $100 — This principle means power comes from the people.
- Popular Sovereignty
- $200 — Everyone, including leaders, follows the same rules under this principle.
- Rule of Law
- $300 — A government with only given powers is called this.
- Limited Government
- $400 — This divides power between levels of government.
- Federalism
- $500 — One group makes laws, another carries them out—this principle.
- Separation of Powers
Forms of Govt
- $100 — In this form, the people hold power directly.
- Democracy
- $200 — A King or Queen holds power in this form.
- Monarchy
- $300 — One single leader has total control in this system.
- Dictatorship
- $400 — Citizens vote for leaders to represent them in this.
- Republic
- $500 — A King follows a constitution as head of state in this.
- Constitutional Monarchy
Rights & The Law
- $100 — This name refers to the first 10 amendments.
- Bill of Rights
- $200 — A change to the Constitution is called this.
- Amendment
- $300 — This right, found in the 1st Amendment, protects expression.
- Freedom of Speech
- $400 — Fair treatment by the law is called this.
- Due Process
- $500 — This Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
- Brown v. Board of Education
Civic Participation
- $100 — The most direct way to influence leaders is this.
- Voting
- $200 — People focused on one issue form this.
- Interest Group
- $300 — A citizen visiting a Senator to persuade them is this.
- Lobbying
- $400 — When voters propose a new law themselves on a ballot, it's this.
- Initiative
- $500 — When the President refuses to sign a law passed by Congress, it's this.
- Veto
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