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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
prohibited
Seperation of Powers
gross domestic product
Bill of Rights
2. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
absolute monarch
federalist
geographical
3. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
famine
absolute monarch
Abraham Lincoln
Proclamation of 1763
4. Is a cruel and unjust government
tyranny
provisions
grievance
direct representation
5. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
Andrew Jackson
direct representation
Ulysses S grant
relevant
6. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
textile
tyranny
market economy
export
7. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
absolute monarch
treason
commader
8. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
infected
acquire
technological advances
standard of living
9. Abolished slavery
Mexican Cession
textile
Thirteenth Amendment
militia
10. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
export
Steel Plow
accusations
11. Having to do with clothing
Navigation Acts
textile
provisions
Robert E. Lee
12. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
acquire
mercantilism
infected
13. The supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted on September 17 - 1787 - by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - and later ratified by conventions in each state in the name of 'the People';
draft
The Constitution of the United States
resolution
consumer demand
14. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
technological advances
subsistence economy
democratic republic
crossroads
15. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
free enterprise economy
limited government
Tea Act
magna carta
16. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
James Monroe
limited government
secondary sources
free enterprise economy
17. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
Battle of Saratoga
diversity
infected
18. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
democratic republic
population growth
standard of living
19. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
textile
command economy
Andrew Jackson
Navigation Acts
20. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
nullification
birthrate
tyranny
federalist
21. Economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the the Mother Country
Susan B Anothony
mercantilism
separation of powers
prohibited
22. Passionate patriot who became fomous for his fiery speeches in favor of American Independence his most famous quote included the worlds 'give me liberty or give me Death.'
migration
Patrick Henry
grievance
sixth amendment
23. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
free enterprise
gross domestic product
Farewell Address
market economy
24. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
Mexican Cession
turmoil
primary sources
livstock
25. Realting to an event
relevant
Mexican Cession
migration
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
26. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Susan B Anothony
birthrate
amend
milestones
27. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
urban
The Constitution of the United States
First shot of Civil War
Andrew Jackson
28. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
command economy
Mayflower Compact
antifederalist
literacy rate
29. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
market economy
infected
Steamboat
Daniel Webster
30. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
secede
federalist
civil disobedience
Marbury vs. Madison
31. John Deere
Steel Plow
Common Sense
Jamestown
nullify
32. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
devastated
landlocked
King George III
Judicial Review
33. Changing iron into steal
Telegraph
Thirteenth Amendment
Bessemer Process
Battle of Gettysburg
34. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
sixth amendment
Bessemer Process
primary sources
standard of living
35. Women's rights organizer
theocracy
Judicial Review
Steamboat
Susan B Anothony
36. To change
landlocked
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
market economy
amend
37. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ratify
Interchangeable Parts
population density
38. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
federalism
commader
civil disobedience
39. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
population growth
Battle of Saratoga
The Declaration of Independence
Battle of Gettysburg
40. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
militia
tariff
Reaper
prohibited
41. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
harsh
magna carta
consumer demand
Alexander Hamilton
42. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Mexican Cession
militia
Jefferson Davis
state's rights
43. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War
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44. Living in a country
rural
Steamboat
foreign policy
Thomas Jefferson
45. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
federalism
ninth amendment
Navigation Acts
46. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
migration
First shot of Civil War
rural
turmoil
47. Next to or beside
adjacent
federal
export
The Declaration of Independence
48. Samuel Morse
checks and balances
Telegraph
Reaper
limited government
49. Moving from one place to antoher
Seperation of Powers
milestones
accusations
migration
50. Leader of the original democratic party and a 'president of the pople' he was also responsbible for the Trail of Tears - which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
confined
popular soverignty
Andrew Jackson
Thirteenth Amendment