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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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1. To be compeletly destroyed
nullify
Common Sense
Abraham Lincoln
devastated
2. Not allowed
prohibited
Fifteenth Amendment
John C. Calhoun
theocracy
3. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
Northwest Ordiance
separation of powers
primary sources
4. 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)
consumer demand
primary sources
raw materials
James Madison
5. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
grievance
standard of living
Navigation Acts
Cotton Gin
6. To change
amend
Democracy
benjamin franklin
famine
7. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
landlocked
John C. Calhoun
antifederalist
8. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
Frederick Douglas
separation of powers
per capita income
The Constitution of the United States
9. Is a cruel and unjust government
direct representation
James Monroe
tyranny
population boom
10. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
technological advances
state's rights
resolution
Federalist Papers
11. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
William Lloyd Garrison
Seperation of Powers
Bill of Rights
Marbury vs. Madison
12. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
secede
popular soverignty
Appomattox Curt House
militia
13. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
famine
first amendment
Jamestown
Battle of Saratoga
14. Changing iron into steal
Bill of Rights
Bessemer Process
Samuel Adams
Harriet Tubman
15. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
population boom
standard of living
Andrew Jackson
infectious disease
16. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
economic status
abolition
infected
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
17. 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
government bureaucracy
commercial
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
18. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
William Lloyd Garrison
Democracy
turmoil
state's rights
19. The right to vote
End of the American Revolution
suffrage
export
Battle of Saratoga
20. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
population density
confined
James Madison
Fourteenth Amendment
21. John Deere
Steel Plow
democratic republic
adjacent
migration
22. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
Alexander Hamilton
market economy
currency
nullification
23. Relationships that exsits between governments
The Constitution of the United States
urban
diplomatic relations
crossroads
24. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
antifederalist
subsistence economy
birthrate
Telegraph
25. Means to improve by vote
ratify
secondary sources
free enterprise
turmoil
26. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
End of the American Revolution
devastated
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Proclamation of 1763
27. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
democratic republic
The first shots of the American Revolution
Tenth Amedment
Common Sense
28. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
Federalist Papers
John C. Calhoun
textile
confined
29. Original records of an event - they incldue eyewitness reports created at the time of an event speeches - and letters by people involved in the event - photographs and artifacts
Fifteenth Amendment
primary sources
adjacent
Judicial Review
30. The state of acting according to law; lawful
free enterprise
legitmacy
Civil War
autocracy
31. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
mercantilism
command economy
Frederick Douglas
market economy
32. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
harsh
Battle of Saratoga
popular culture 'pop culture'
raw materials
33. 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.
population growth
First shot of Civil War
Mayflower Compact
rural
34. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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35. To withdraw or pull away
Judicial Review
migration
secede
Civil War
36. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
cultivation
prospertiy
life expectancy
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
37. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Alexander Hamilton
nullification
militia
ninth amendment
38. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
government bureaucracy
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
economic status
Jamestown
39. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
harsh
democratic republic
free enterprise economy
significant
40. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
autocracy
First shot of Civil War
labor force
41. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
textile
Fifteenth Amendment
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Civil War
42. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
mercantilism
distribution
Fourteenth Amendment
export
43. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
Susan B Anothony
third amendment
diversity
autocracy
44. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
ratify
federalism
abolition
45. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
The first shots of the American Revolution
accusations
Daniel Webster
ninth amendment
46. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Harriet Tubman
federal
life expectancy
William Lloyd Garrison
47. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
Steel Plow
legitmacy
rural
limited government
48. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
checks and balances
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Thirteenth Amendment
49. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
End of the American Revolution
geographical
distribution
primary sources
50. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
sixth amendment
theocracy
milestones
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