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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. 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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
prohibited
Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
2. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
life expectancy
limited government
draft
prospertiy
3. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
technological advances
primary sources
diversity
Interchangeable Parts
4. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Steamboat
state's rights
democratic republic
consumer demand
5. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Jamestown
King George III
federalism
theocracy
6. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
currency
secondary sources
Gettysburg Adress
Impeach
7. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
prohibited
third amendment
militia
acquire
8. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
Tenth Amedment
William Lloyd Garrison
checks and balances
democratic republic
9. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
The first shots of the American Revolution
Bill of Rights
second amendment
Marbury vs. Madison
10. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
cultivation
currency
First shot of Civil War
route
11. Moving from one place to antoher
Telegraph
foreign policy
migration
commader
12. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
Ulysses S grant
government bureaucracy
The first shots of the American Revolution
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
13. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
relevant
distribution
Patrick Henry
export
14. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
secede
diversity
nullification
Treaty of Paris of 1763
15. Changing iron into steal
ratify
grievance
Northwest Ordiance
Bessemer Process
16. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
Telegraph
popular culture 'pop culture'
significant
nullify
17. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
diversity
civil disobedience
textile
The Declaration of Independence
18. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Thirteenth Amendment
crossroads
Jefferson Davis
Marbury vs. Madison
19. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
Proclamation of 1763
textile
ninth amendment
Daniel Webster
20. Robert Fulton
Ulysses S grant
cultivation
Steamboat
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
21. 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.
adjacent
significant
sixth amendment
secondary sources
22. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
cottage industry
per capita income
Bill of Rights
Navigation Acts
23. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
The Declaration of Independence
rural
raw materials
birthrate
24. John Deere
possessions
The Constitution of the United States
Steel Plow
sixth amendment
25. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
treason
rural
limited government
26. Important to a certain event or topic
Emancipation Proclamations
nullify
significant
life expectancy
27. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
population growth
crossroads
state's rights
checks and balances
28. Living in a country
King George III
command economy
magna carta
rural
29. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
abolition
secondary sources
draft
popular culture 'pop culture'
30. Women's rights organizer
Cotton Gin
Susan B Anothony
first amendment
geographical
31. Next to or beside
federalist
geographical
significant
adjacent
32. A point at which an important decision must be made
Marbury vs. Madison
Telegraph
Susan B Anothony
crossroads
33. Not allowed
technological advances
prohibited
population boom
textile
34. Led to the Boston Tea Party
suffrage
Reaper
James Monroe
Tea Act
35. Abolished slavery
draft
Thirteenth Amendment
commader
prohibited
36. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
Northwest Ordiance
urban
cottage industry
turmoil
37. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
state's rights
accusations
The first shots of the American Revolution
38. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
Treaty of Paris of 1763
James Monroe
adjacent
Marbury vs. Madison
39. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
life expectancy
cottage industry
amendment
Common Sense
40. 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
checks and balances
population growth
raw materials
41. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Interchangeable Parts
absolute monarch
grievance
prohibited
42. 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
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
crossroads
Telegraph
43. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Thomas Jefferson
gross domestic product
Henry Clay
secondary sources
44. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
John C. Calhoun
draft
Robert E. Lee
45. Things that you own
Samuel Adams
magna carta
amend
possessions
46. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
export
secondary sources
Interchangeable Parts
standard of living
47. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
raw materials
President Thomas Jefferson
Cotton Gin
48. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
primary sources
currency
Jefferson Davis
Thirteenth Amendment
49. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
infected
James Madison
50. 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
Alexander Hamilton
First shot of Civil War
Farewell Address
textile