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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office






2. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War






3. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






4. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort






5. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations






6. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






7. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms






8. 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.'






9. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government






10. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period






11. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






12. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people






13. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills






14. To change






15. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals






16. Next to or beside






17. 'Father of the Constitution'






18. The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constituion it set up the principle of Judical Review






19. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write






20. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen






21. Established a system of setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the UNion. its consitution had to provide for a representative governemnt and ithad to prohibit slavery






22. Righst that you can not surrender - sell or transer. they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstatnces be srurredned or taken (life - liberty - happiness)






23. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state






24. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations






25. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution






26. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US






27. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






28. Robert Fulton






29. Changing iron into steal






30. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another






31. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void






32. Relationships that exsits between governments






33. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state






34. Women's rights organizer






35. Important; of consequence






36. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power






37. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation






38. 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






39. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






40. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union






41. Widespread hunger within a given region






42. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






43. Means to improve by vote






44. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington






45. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended






46. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual






47. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function






48. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution






49. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government

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50. John Deere







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