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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War






2. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






3. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union






4. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






5. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office






6. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period






7. 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.






8. Samuel Morse






9. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery






10. To be compeletly destroyed






11. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865






12. Realting to an event






13. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution






14. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






15. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union






16. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






17. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism






18. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills






19. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets






20. Means to improve by vote






21. 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';






22. Important to a certain event or topic






23. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'






24. Improtant points in an event






25. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






26. 'Father of the Constitution'






27. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government






28. John Deere






29. 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






30. General of the confederate army






31. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition






32. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state






33. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






34. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US






35. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north






36. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference






37. Sharing the power between the states and the national government






38. To obtain or receive






39. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy






40. 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






41. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle






42. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive






43. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended






44. 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






45. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






46. 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






47. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader






48. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect

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49. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power






50. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian