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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. 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
ratify
Gettysburg Adress
Common Sense
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
2. 'Father of the Constitution'
literacy rate
suffrage
James Madison
abolition
3. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
William Lloyd Garrison
relevant
federalist
Proclamation of 1763
4. Compliantes againsts a person or state
Impeach
federalist
Steel Plow
grievance
5. 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)
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
unalienable right
Mayflower Compact
Cotton Gin
6. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
provisions
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
second amendment
7. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
crossroads
The Great Compromise
King George III
The Constitution of the United States
8. 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.'
Patrick Henry
Treaty of Paris of 1763
export
significant
9. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Proclamation of 1763
harsh
federalism
separation of powers
10. Improtant points in an event
milestones
Mayflower Compact
President Thomas Jefferson
free enterprise economy
11. General of the confederate army
Bill of Rights
First shot of Civil War
prospertiy
Robert E. Lee
12. Next to or beside
livstock
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Jamestown
adjacent
13. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
subsistence economy
Reaper
commader
Jefferson Davis
14. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
theocracy
Samuel Adams
Emancipation Proclamations
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
15. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
separation of powers
landlocked
tyranny
export
16. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
theocracy
Daniel Webster
raw materials
Alexander Hamilton
17. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
suffrage
per capita income
free enterprise
separation of powers
18. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
prospertiy
President Thomas Jefferson
checks and balances
19. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
Seperation of Powers
economic status
prohibited
20. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
foreign policy
Gibbons vs. Ogden
export
Tenth Amedment
21. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
Alexander Hamilton
geographical
resolution
22. 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
diplomatic relations
gross domestic product
Steel Plow
Treaty of Paris of 1763
23. Samuel Morse
harsh
export
population density
Telegraph
24. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Gibbons vs. Ogden
First shot of Civil War
mercantilism
25. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
Susan B Anothony
William Lloyd Garrison
population growth
provisions
26. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
King George III
First shot of Civil War
27. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
nullify
possessions
Patrick Henry
infectious disease
28. Abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
Judicial Review
commader
gross domestic product
29. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
adjacent
textile
checks and balances
Abraham Lincoln
30. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
Mayflower Compact
Robert E. Lee
amendment
Patrick Henry
31. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
government bureaucracy
tariff
abolition
livstock
32. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
urban
consumer demand
confined
distribution
33. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
third amendment
direct representation
legitmacy
diversity
34. Means to improve by vote
Daniel Webster
The first shots of the American Revolution
third amendment
ratify
35. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Reaper
state's rights
Jamestown
infected
36. Living in a city
civil disobedience
urban
turmoil
Navigation Acts
37. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
Samuel Adams
Reaper
federalism
38. Important; of consequence
Frederick Douglas
Jamestown
autocracy
significant
39. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Emancipation Proclamations
infectious disease
Treaty of Paris of 1763
third amendment
40. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
Judicial Review
King George III
suffrage
41. To withdraw or pull away
William Lloyd Garrison
secede
President Thomas Jefferson
diplomatic relations
42. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
Jefferson Davis
cultivation
Impeach
standard of living
43. 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.
benjamin franklin
sixth amendment
Steel Plow
Thomas Jefferson
44. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
ratify
commader
democratic republic
President Thomas Jefferson
45. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
subsistence economy
End of the American Revolution
draft
foreign policy
46. To contaminate or corup
commader
mercantilism
infected
Steel Plow
47. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Jamestown
economic status
magna carta
literacy rate
48. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
tyranny
The first shots of the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris of 1763
cottage industry
49. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
confined
standard of living
Bill of Rights
landlocked
50. 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
Susan B Anothony
primary sources
checks and balances
infected