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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. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
benjamin franklin
textile
devastated
technological advances
2. 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
primary sources
diplomatic relations
Treaty of Paris of 1763
John C. Calhoun
3. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
Appomattox Curt House
Democracy
gross domestic product
ratify
4. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
command economy
magna carta
free enterprise
Bessemer Process
5. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Fourteenth Amendment
livstock
direct representation
Mexican Cession
6. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
The Constitution of the United States
Civil War
censorship
cultivation
7. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
William Lloyd Garrison
standard of living
labor force
free enterprise economy
8. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
treason
Treaty of Paris of 1763
command economy
Proclamation of 1763
9. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
Bill of Rights
Gibbons vs. Ogden
first amendment
distribution
10. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
provisions
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
tariff
Steel Plow
11. Next to or beside
adjacent
secede
Farewell Address
democratic republic
12. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Frederick Douglas
devastated
Abraham Lincoln
command economy
13. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
relevant
economic status
famine
Conord Massachusetts
14. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
direct representation
free enterprise economy
First shot of Civil War
federalism
15. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Frederick Douglas
Daniel Webster
Mayflower Compact
free enterprise
16. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
currency
The Declaration of Independence
adjacent
The Constitution of the United States
17. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Frederick Douglas
Fourteenth Amendment
ratify
militia
18. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
acquire
nullify
commader
19. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Treaty of Paris of 1763
efficiency
free enterprise economy
20. 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)
James Monroe
Daniel Webster
primary sources
unalienable right
21. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
federalism
government bureaucracy
Navigation Acts
landlocked
22. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
per capita income
Abraham Lincoln
Impeach
23. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
route
civil disobedience
abolition
textile
24. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
population density
Cotton Gin
landlocked
25. 'Father of the Constitution'
Bill of Rights
Patrick Henry
James Madison
cottage industry
26. 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
democratic republic
benjamin franklin
rural
Gettysburg Adress
27. 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
Navigation Acts
Alexander Hamilton
legitmacy
theocracy
28. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
popular soverignty
resolution
separation of powers
commader
29. The state of acting according to law; lawful
amend
Fourteenth Amendment
legitmacy
commercial
30. Important; of consequence
Treaty of Paris of 1763
William Lloyd Garrison
tariff
significant
31. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
antifederalist
distribution
Frederick Douglas
Battle of Gettysburg
32. Relationships that exsits between governments
Seperation of Powers
First shot of Civil War
John C. Calhoun
diplomatic relations
33. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
primary sources
militia
Fifteenth Amendment
finalcial resources
34. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
economic status
birthrate
theocracy
federalism
35. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Tenth Amedment
Jefferson Davis
landlocked
36. 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
sixth amendment
Treaty of Paris of 1763
End of the American Revolution
livstock
37. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
diplomatic relations
ninth amendment
Harriet Tubman
End of the American Revolution
38. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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39. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
Steamboat
Battle of Saratoga
First shot of Civil War
benjamin franklin
40. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
censorship
accusations
benjamin franklin
Reaper
41. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
End of the American Revolution
Samuel Adams
Battle of Gettysburg
James Monroe
42. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Conord Massachusetts
third amendment
textile
Alexander Hamilton
43. A point at which an important decision must be made
Cotton Gin
popular soverignty
crossroads
censorship
44. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
Gettysburg Adress
livstock
Abraham Lincoln
First shot of Civil War
45. To be compeletly destroyed
devastated
federalism
Conord Massachusetts
free enterprise
46. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
draft
separation of powers
John C. Calhoun
Gettysburg Adress
47. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
federalism
The first shots of the American Revolution
diplomatic relations
ninth amendment
48. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
federalist
government bureaucracy
harsh
economic status
49. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
subsistence economy
Battle of Saratoga
distribution
Marbury vs. Madison
50. 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
finalcial resources
Gibbons vs. Ogden
direct representation
third amendment