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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
diplomatic relations
foreign policy
Conord Massachusetts
checks and balances
2. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
prospertiy
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
third amendment
significant
3. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
Reaper
The Great Compromise
tariff
foreign policy
4. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
Common Sense
harsh
ratify
Battle of Gettysburg
5. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Samuel Adams
finalcial resources
checks and balances
gross domestic product
6. Leader of the Federalist - first Treasurer of the US creator of the Bank of the U.S. killed in a duel by the Vice President of the US Aaron Burr
separation of powers
devastated
abolition
Alexander Hamilton
7. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
federalist
Thomas Jefferson
milestones
mercantilism
8. Things that you own
possessions
Thirteenth Amendment
diplomatic relations
gross domestic product
9. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
Mayflower Compact
nullification
currency
provisions
10. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Northwest Ordiance
cottage industry
Frederick Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
11. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
technological advances
adjacent
diversity
Robert E. Lee
12. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
federalism
consumer demand
Harriet Tubman
autocracy
13. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
federalist
Civil War
Fourteenth Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
14. Having to do with business
The Declaration of Independence
commercial
crossroads
gross domestic product
15. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
cultivation
raw materials
crossroads
16. Is a cruel and unjust government
infected
migration
tyranny
cultivation
17. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
raw materials
popular soverignty
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
18. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
Northwest Ordiance
Thomas Jefferson
life expectancy
Robert E. Lee
19. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
draft
subsistence economy
raw materials
20. To be compeletly destroyed
diversity
devastated
John C. Calhoun
urban
21. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
Steel Plow
censorship
Tenth Amedment
22. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
theocracy
Marbury vs. Madison
Interchangeable Parts
abolition
23. To obtain or receive
acquire
unalienable right
third amendment
Cotton Gin
24. 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
economic status
geographical
Andrew Jackson
accusations
25. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
commercial
popular soverignty
Tea Act
mercantilism
26. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
landlocked
Jamestown
Impeach
unalienable right
27. Improtant points in an event
absolute monarch
milestones
commercial
Susan B Anothony
28. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Federalist Papers
acquire
Battle of Saratoga
benjamin franklin
29. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Patrick Henry
population boom
Jefferson Davis
federalism
30. Next to or beside
adjacent
rural
crossroads
Henry Clay
31. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
separation of powers
Mayflower Compact
command economy
Tea Act
32. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
unalienable right
Steel Plow
Fourteenth Amendment
possessions
33. Short speech given by Abrahman Lincoln to dedicate a cemetry for soliders who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered a profound statement of American ideals. Four score and seven years ago - our fathers....and that governemtn of the peopl
raw materials
The Constitution of the United States
export
Gettysburg Adress
34. To change
amend
nullification
rural
Conord Massachusetts
35. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
urban
cottage industry
Judicial Review
Jamestown
36. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
sixth amendment
commader
Telegraph
37. An act of the Second Continental Congress - adopted on July 4 - 1776 - which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were 'Free and Independent States' and that 'all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain - is a
separation of powers
relevant
The Declaration of Independence
cultivation
38. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
Common Sense
command economy
John C. Calhoun
resolution
39. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
prospertiy
The first shots of the American Revolution
raw materials
Emancipation Proclamations
40. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
landlocked
migration
ratify
distribution
41. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
life expectancy
subsistence economy
Daniel Webster
famine
42. The british defeat at Yorktown - Virgina by George Washingtown's troops singaled the end of the american revolution. accepted the surrrender of the main british army under Cronwallis
John C. Calhoun
popular culture 'pop culture'
End of the American Revolution
federalist
43. Means to improve by vote
ratify
Civil War
Cotton Gin
Judicial Review
44. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
Cotton Gin
route
First shot of Civil War
45. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
The Great Compromise
civil disobedience
federalist
46. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
rural
distribution
geographical
export
47. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
sixth amendment
market economy
tariff
James Monroe
48. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
mercantilism
standard of living
economic status
state's rights
49. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
treason
abolition
subsistence economy
Daniel Webster
50. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Marbury vs. Madison
Navigation Acts
tyranny
Interchangeable Parts