Grades 7–12
US History Jeopardy
Colonies and revolution, the Constitution, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the 20th century and presidents, for grades 7 to 12.
Colonies and revolution
- 100Founded in Virginia in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in the AmericasWhat is Jamestown?
- 200The ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic in 1620What is the Mayflower?
- 300The 1773 protest in which colonists threw chests of tea into Boston HarborWhat is the Boston Tea Party?
- 400The 1765 British law that taxed newspapers, legal documents and other printed papers in the coloniesWhat is the Stamp Act?
- 500British General Cornwallis surrendered after this 1781 siege in VirginiaWhat is Yorktown (the Siege of Yorktown)?
The Constitution
- 100The name for the first ten amendments to the ConstitutionWhat is the Bill of Rights?
- 200The city where the Constitutional Convention met in 1787What is Philadelphia?
- 300The three branches of government are the legislative, the executive and this oneWhat is the judicial branch?
- 400DDThe amendment that protects freedom of religion, speech and the pressWhat is the First Amendment?
- 500Under the Constitution, a president must be at least this many years oldWhat is 35?
Civil War and Reconstruction
- 100He was president of the United States when the Civil War began in April 1861Who is Abraham Lincoln?
- 200The Civil War began in April 1861 when Confederate forces fired on this fort in Charleston HarborWhat is Fort Sumter?
- 300The 1863 executive order declaring enslaved people in the rebelling states freeWhat is the Emancipation Proclamation?
- 400In April 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at this Virginia villageWhat is Appomattox Court House?
- 500Ratified in 1868, this amendment defines US citizenship and bars states from denying any person “the equal protection of the laws”What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
The 20th century
- 100He gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on WashingtonWho is Martin Luther King Jr.?
- 200Her arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycottWho is Rosa Parks?
- 300On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked this US naval base in HawaiiWhat is Pearl Harbor?
- 400Ratified in 1920, this amendment says the right to vote cannot be denied on account of sexWhat is the Nineteenth Amendment?
- 500The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled segregated public schools unconstitutionalWhat is Brown v. Board of Education?
Presidents
- 100The first president of the United StatesWho is George Washington?
- 200Before becoming the 26th president, he led the “Rough Riders” in the Spanish–American WarWho is Theodore Roosevelt?
- 300The only president to serve more than two termsWho is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
- 400He was president when the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803Who is Thomas Jefferson?
- 500In April 1917, this president asked Congress to declare war on GermanyWho is Woodrow Wilson?
Final round: Founding documents
Adopted by Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781, it was the first constitution of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?