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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. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
standard of living
economic status
finalcial resources
William Lloyd Garrison
2. 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.'
Judicial Review
command economy
Civil War
Patrick Henry
3. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Abraham Lincoln
consumer demand
abolition
Tea Act
4. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
free enterprise economy
benjamin franklin
population boom
Appomattox Curt House
5. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
Jamestown
labor force
grievance
efficiency
6. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
popular soverignty
per capita income
magna carta
federalism
7. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
efficiency
Cotton Gin
devastated
Jefferson Davis
8. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
gross domestic product
Democracy
foreign policy
9. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
nullify
benjamin franklin
Harriet Tubman
diplomatic relations
10. Widespread hunger within a given region
famine
finalcial resources
gross domestic product
Patrick Henry
11. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
Gibbons vs. Ogden
cottage industry
Interchangeable Parts
prohibited
12. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
free enterprise economy
raw materials
ninth amendment
Impeach
13. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
third amendment
Civil War
commader
Thirteenth Amendment
14. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Democracy
Reaper
Federalist Papers
first amendment
15. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
economic status
Common Sense
abolition
standard of living
16. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
autocracy
Common Sense
economic status
Gettysburg Adress
17. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
nullification
per capita income
textile
diversity
18. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
accusations
Fifteenth Amendment
distribution
resolution
19. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
prohibited
First shot of Civil War
Battle of Saratoga
rural
20. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Tea Act
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Samuel Adams
Interchangeable Parts
21. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
democratic republic
accusations
relevant
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
22. 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
Tenth Amedment
End of the American Revolution
Interchangeable Parts
Cotton Gin
23. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Battle of Gettysburg
direct representation
civil disobedience
militia
24. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
secede
turmoil
federalism
free enterprise economy
25. 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.
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
Mexican Cession
sixth amendment
26. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
Thirteenth Amendment
standard of living
The Declaration of Independence
amend
27. 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
Marbury vs. Madison
civil disobedience
secede
mercantilism
28. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Ulysses S grant
grievance
Conord Massachusetts
export
29. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
sixth amendment
Daniel Webster
The Great Compromise
Fourteenth Amendment
30. 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
Gettysburg Adress
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Henry Clay
state's rights
31. 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
commercial
The Declaration of Independence
nullification
resolution
32. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
The Constitution of the United States
Farewell Address
Proclamation of 1763
significant
33. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
nullification
Cotton Gin
Proclamation of 1763
34. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
tariff
Jefferson Davis
grievance
treason
35. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
secondary sources
raw materials
famine
nullification
36. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
raw materials
Democracy
market economy
37. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
Battle of Gettysburg
infectious disease
third amendment
The Declaration of Independence
38. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
gross domestic product
civil disobedience
antifederalist
Impeach
39. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
magna carta
infectious disease
commader
prospertiy
40. Important to a certain event or topic
population growth
consumer demand
significant
commader
41. Means to improve by vote
ratify
Conord Massachusetts
export
Harriet Tubman
42. Improtant points in an event
milestones
technological advances
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
commercial
43. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
44. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
population density
Interchangeable Parts
Common Sense
Steel Plow
45. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
46. Is a cruel and unjust government
treason
tyranny
population growth
resolution
47. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
free enterprise
confined
distribution
rural
48. Series of essays written by James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton - defending the Consituion and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
antifederalist
Federalist Papers
popular culture 'pop culture'
separation of powers
49. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
nullification
export
subsistence economy
ninth amendment
50. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Navigation Acts
First shot of Civil War
Gettysburg Adress
export