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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. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
treason
popular soverignty
Henry Clay
Emancipation Proclamations
2. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
provisions
Cotton Gin
commader
economic status
3. Women's rights organizer
Susan B Anothony
significant
command economy
economic status
4. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
raw materials
William Lloyd Garrison
civil disobedience
Appomattox Curt House
5. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Marbury vs. Madison
Henry Clay
prospertiy
direct representation
6. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
sixth amendment
Bessemer Process
Seperation of Powers
prohibited
7. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Navigation Acts
harsh
limited government
Tea Act
8. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
confined
cottage industry
Bessemer Process
Appomattox Curt House
9. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
militia
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Conord Massachusetts
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
10. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
Andrew Jackson
Thirteenth Amendment
antifederalist
prospertiy
11. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Steamboat
economic status
textile
gross domestic product
12. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
Robert E. Lee
Daniel Webster
cottage industry
13. Compliantes againsts a person or state
grievance
The Constitution of the United States
Tenth Amedment
absolute monarch
14. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Samuel Adams
Treaty of Paris of 1763
President Thomas Jefferson
Reaper
15. Important; of consequence
literacy rate
Samuel Adams
significant
Judicial Review
16. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
Robert E. Lee
tariff
Democracy
direct representation
17. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
Alexander Hamilton
devastated
suffrage
geographical
18. Relationships that exsits between governments
absolute monarch
Henry Clay
amendment
diplomatic relations
19. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
livstock
primary sources
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
cottage industry
20. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
federal
The Great Compromise
tariff
limited government
21. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
treason
democratic republic
John C. Calhoun
Marbury vs. Madison
22. John Deere
Northwest Ordiance
legitmacy
Steel Plow
theocracy
23. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
gross domestic product
Jamestown
sixth amendment
free enterprise
24. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
Appomattox Curt House
Alexander Hamilton
theocracy
technological advances
25. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Interchangeable Parts
Mexican Cession
milestones
Fourteenth Amendment
26. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Frederick Douglas
nullification
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
government bureaucracy
27. A point at which an important decision must be made
Bessemer Process
crossroads
Federalist Papers
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
28. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
government bureaucracy
commercial
Ulysses S grant
finalcial resources
29. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
Emancipation Proclamations
prohibited
Steel Plow
30. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
amend
Battle of Gettysburg
Mayflower Compact
route
31. To withdraw or pull away
The first shots of the American Revolution
government bureaucracy
secede
diversity
32. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Emancipation Proclamations
Fifteenth Amendment
prospertiy
Jamestown
33. Having to do with clothing
Abraham Lincoln
Common Sense
Federalist Papers
textile
34. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Fifteenth Amendment
The Declaration of Independence
raw materials
35. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
first amendment
ninth amendment
cultivation
Fourteenth Amendment
36. 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
King George III
finalcial resources
Treaty of Paris of 1763
mercantilism
37. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
prospertiy
Judicial Review
King George III
per capita income
38. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
cottage industry
efficiency
confined
Northwest Ordiance
39. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
grievance
The Declaration of Independence
efficiency
40. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
turmoil
resolution
Battle of Gettysburg
41. 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
accusations
The first shots of the American Revolution
turmoil
Marbury vs. Madison
42. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
finalcial resources
Jefferson Davis
autocracy
Harriet Tubman
43. Improtant points in an event
secondary sources
milestones
commercial
Interchangeable Parts
44. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
militia
subsistence economy
The Constitution of the United States
nullify
45. 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';
The Constitution of the United States
abolition
Appomattox Curt House
economic status
46. 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
Treaty of Paris of 1763
tyranny
End of the American Revolution
First shot of Civil War
47. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
harsh
antifederalist
Battle of Gettysburg
migration
48. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Marbury vs. Madison
Battle of Saratoga
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Samuel Adams
49. Samuel Morse
Telegraph
efficiency
population growth
Marbury vs. Madison
50. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
popular culture 'pop culture'
End of the American Revolution
foreign policy