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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. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
federalism
John C. Calhoun
cultivation
consumer demand
2. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
significant
population boom
provisions
3. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
second amendment
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Treaty of Paris of 1763
4. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
unalienable right
The Constitution of the United States
Battle of Gettysburg
Treaty of Paris of 1763
5. 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.'
raw materials
foreign policy
Patrick Henry
Gettysburg Adress
6. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
command economy
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
state's rights
7. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
population density
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Conord Massachusetts
Patrick Henry
8. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
distribution
President Thomas Jefferson
Emancipation Proclamations
Mexican Cession
9. Abolished slavery
Democracy
Jefferson Davis
Thirteenth Amendment
Gettysburg Adress
10. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
finalcial resources
sixth amendment
tariff
Proclamation of 1763
11. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Frederick Douglas
Ulysses S grant
The Constitution of the United States
Fourteenth Amendment
12. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
third amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
The first shots of the American Revolution
limited government
13. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
The first shots of the American Revolution
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
acquire
14. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
birthrate
Telegraph
William Lloyd Garrison
Fifteenth Amendment
15. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
benjamin franklin
amend
landlocked
16. 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
Northwest Ordiance
relevant
absolute monarch
federalism
17. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
amendment
third amendment
Interchangeable Parts
cottage industry
18. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
secede
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Reaper
provisions
19. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
suffrage
market economy
diplomatic relations
raw materials
20. Is a cruel and unjust government
infected
federalist
Gettysburg Adress
tyranny
21. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
John C. Calhoun
prospertiy
nullification
crossroads
22. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
Civil War
government bureaucracy
William Lloyd Garrison
literacy rate
23. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Emancipation Proclamations
Marbury vs. Madison
Steel Plow
resolution
24. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
state's rights
ratify
James Monroe
25. 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)
literacy rate
Proclamation of 1763
consumer demand
Navigation Acts
26. Having to do with clothing
efficiency
migration
textile
rural
27. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
significant
rural
life expectancy
mercantilism
28. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
James Madison
infected
confined
benjamin franklin
29. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
abolition
life expectancy
Mexican Cession
export
30. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
Marbury vs. Madison
Abraham Lincoln
abolition
First shot of Civil War
31. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
checks and balances
third amendment
democratic republic
limited government
32. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
finalcial resources
benjamin franklin
separation of powers
Fifteenth Amendment
33. General of the confederate army
popular soverignty
second amendment
infectious disease
Robert E. Lee
34. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
Robert E. Lee
benjamin franklin
per capita income
checks and balances
35. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Thirteenth Amendment
nullify
Cotton Gin
acquire
36. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
economic status
The first shots of the American Revolution
federalism
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
37. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
suffrage
turmoil
Tenth Amedment
abolition
38. Moving from one place to antoher
Civil War
Mexican Cession
migration
magna carta
39. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
primary sources
secondary sources
John C. Calhoun
infectious disease
40. The Supreme Court decision that rulled that the consitution gave contorl of interstate comerce to the U.S. congress not the individual states trhough whih a route passed
Judicial Review
Navigation Acts
prohibited
Gibbons vs. Ogden
41. 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
Battle of Gettysburg
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Clay
consumer demand
42. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Henry Clay
mercantilism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
magna carta
43. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Navigation Acts
raw materials
free enterprise economy
finalcial resources
44. 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
resolution
End of the American Revolution
Marbury vs. Madison
draft
45. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
King George III
subsistence economy
acquire
Ulysses S grant
46. Next to or beside
adjacent
relevant
James Monroe
Abraham Lincoln
47. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
absolute monarch
direct representation
currency
prohibited
48. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
finalcial resources
market economy
The Declaration of Independence
popular soverignty
49. 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
Bill of Rights
mercantilism
separation of powers
End of the American Revolution
50. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
command economy
harsh
amendment
separation of powers