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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. Important to a certain event or topic
federalist
secede
nullify
significant
2. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
Farewell Address
civil disobedience
Emancipation Proclamations
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
3. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
gross domestic product
Judicial Review
infectious disease
draft
4. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
infectious disease
separation of powers
government bureaucracy
cultivation
5. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalism
sixth amendment
accusations
per capita income
6. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
currency
Democracy
diversity
Treaty of Paris of 1763
7. Means to improve by vote
Battle of Saratoga
ratify
The Constitution of the United States
federal
8. 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
sixth amendment
amend
federalism
Alexander Hamilton
9. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
Harriet Tubman
acquire
ninth amendment
autocracy
10. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
accusations
federalism
landlocked
11. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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12. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Seperation of Powers
The Declaration of Independence
landlocked
Democracy
13. The right to vote
Abraham Lincoln
unalienable right
federal
suffrage
14. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Treaty of Paris of 1763
End of the American Revolution
ninth amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
15. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
benjamin franklin
Jamestown
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
16. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
route
nullify
third amendment
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
17. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
Jefferson Davis
Susan B Anothony
treason
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
18. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
export
The Great Compromise
Telegraph
Ulysses S grant
19. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
Navigation Acts
James Madison
absolute monarch
population boom
20. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
export
James Madison
federalist
significant
21. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
Andrew Jackson
limited government
amend
22. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
livstock
export
draft
checks and balances
23. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
rural
unalienable right
tariff
magna carta
24. Series of essays written by James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton - defending the Consituion and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
Federalist Papers
Harriet Tubman
Interchangeable Parts
Ulysses S grant
25. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
infectious disease
Cotton Gin
Patrick Henry
Frederick Douglas
26. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
Tea Act
resolution
ninth amendment
secondary sources
27. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
textile
harsh
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
currency
28. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
sixth amendment
unalienable right
crossroads
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
29. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
Farewell Address
federalism
raw materials
amend
30. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
state's rights
diversity
Patrick Henry
31. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
economic status
resolution
Steamboat
Daniel Webster
32. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Reaper
infectious disease
ratify
33. Living in a city
James Madison
famine
urban
treason
34. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Battle of Saratoga
benjamin franklin
possessions
Patrick Henry
35. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
population growth
rural
gross domestic product
consumer demand
36. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
Robert E. Lee
secede
Seperation of Powers
foreign policy
37. Robert Fulton
Thirteenth Amendment
Steamboat
prohibited
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
38. 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.
popular culture 'pop culture'
population density
Steamboat
sixth amendment
39. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
draft
Battle of Saratoga
cottage industry
cultivation
40. To change
treason
amend
nullify
magna carta
41. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
The Constitution of the United States
Impeach
urban
second amendment
42. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Judicial Review
Cotton Gin
Patrick Henry
Civil War
43. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
Bessemer Process
The first shots of the American Revolution
Mayflower Compact
First shot of Civil War
44. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
population density
Northwest Ordiance
End of the American Revolution
45. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
Treaty of Paris of 1763
federalism
draft
population growth
46. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
First shot of Civil War
life expectancy
magna carta
Reaper
47. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
cultivation
theocracy
first amendment
raw materials
48. Widespread hunger within a given region
legitmacy
famine
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Alexander Hamilton
49. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Battle of Gettysburg
diplomatic relations
Mayflower Compact
rural
50. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
textile
Proclamation of 1763
first amendment
Bill of Rights