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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is a cruel and unjust government
labor force
economic status
Emancipation Proclamations
tyranny
2. 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
provisions
export
Judicial Review
3. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Robert E. Lee
Seperation of Powers
Harriet Tubman
cultivation
4. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Emancipation Proclamations
subsistence economy
Fifteenth Amendment
free enterprise economy
5. The right to vote
Robert E. Lee
significant
suffrage
Thomas Jefferson
6. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
milestones
Robert E. Lee
primary sources
7. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
King George III
commader
population boom
Cotton Gin
8. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
textile
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Tea Act
9. 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.
sixth amendment
route
prospertiy
militia
10. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
federalism
crossroads
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
literacy rate
11. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Tenth Amedment
Farewell Address
Fourteenth Amendment
per capita income
12. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
limited government
Tea Act
Abraham Lincoln
13. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
raw materials
ninth amendment
Thomas Jefferson
Battle of Gettysburg
14. 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
amendment
Federalist Papers
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Proclamation of 1763
15. 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
Marbury vs. Madison
nullify
Steel Plow
federalist
16. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
consumer demand
Cotton Gin
End of the American Revolution
17. The supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted on September 17 - 1787 - by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - and later ratified by conventions in each state in the name of 'the People';
finalcial resources
Harriet Tubman
The Constitution of the United States
labor force
18. 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
possessions
Steel Plow
infected
19. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
Democracy
federalism
Abraham Lincoln
export
20. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
direct representation
Judicial Review
Ulysses S grant
ratify
21. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War
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22. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
abolition
milestones
diplomatic relations
free enterprise economy
23. 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
commader
Harriet Tubman
The Constitution of the United States
24. To change
amend
Cotton Gin
legitmacy
amendment
25. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
commader
Marbury vs. Madison
autocracy
26. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
livstock
Emancipation Proclamations
Fourteenth Amendment
Samuel Adams
27. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
confined
federalism
standard of living
federal
28. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
Patrick Henry
infected
diversity
civil disobedience
29. Not allowed
distribution
federalism
prohibited
Thirteenth Amendment
30. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
economic status
Susan B Anothony
ratify
censorship
31. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
labor force
commader
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
efficiency
32. The state of acting according to law; lawful
migration
tariff
possessions
legitmacy
33. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
treason
accusations
democratic republic
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
34. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Gettysburg Adress
Federalist Papers
democratic republic
Steel Plow
35. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
grievance
sixth amendment
tariff
James Monroe
36. 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
Robert E. Lee
famine
adjacent
Alexander Hamilton
37. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Samuel Adams
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
population density
tariff
38. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
Bill of Rights
Tea Act
standard of living
democratic republic
39. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
magna carta
distribution
Judicial Review
democratic republic
40. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Fifteenth Amendment
famine
Andrew Jackson
Conord Massachusetts
41. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
Henry Clay
acquire
urban
second amendment
42. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
famine
milestones
mercantilism
cottage industry
43. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
autocracy
life expectancy
Telegraph
President Thomas Jefferson
44. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
Farewell Address
Ulysses S grant
landlocked
finalcial resources
45. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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46. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
life expectancy
legitmacy
provisions
Henry Clay
47. Robert Fulton
autocracy
King George III
Steamboat
benjamin franklin
48. 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)
unalienable right
Ulysses S grant
technological advances
Bessemer Process
49. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
amend
free enterprise
Fourteenth Amendment
Bessemer Process
50. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Marbury vs. Madison
treason
Cotton Gin
birthrate
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