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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
amend
The Great Compromise
cottage industry
censorship
2. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
magna carta
absolute monarch
distribution
free enterprise economy
3. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
technological advances
livstock
tyranny
landlocked
4. The right to vote
mercantilism
finalcial resources
suffrage
Battle of Gettysburg
5. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
John C. Calhoun
cottage industry
harsh
James Monroe
6. Having to do with clothing
The first shots of the American Revolution
migration
textile
The Constitution of the United States
7. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
direct representation
limited government
Gettysburg Adress
relevant
8. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
secondary sources
Bessemer Process
Steamboat
9. 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
treason
theocracy
mercantilism
suffrage
10. Means to improve by vote
prospertiy
ratify
Abraham Lincoln
significant
11. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
export
harsh
ratify
Common Sense
12. 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
currency
theocracy
Judicial Review
Northwest Ordiance
13. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Samuel Adams
amendment
standard of living
federalism
14. 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
commader
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
John C. Calhoun
15. 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
The first shots of the American Revolution
birthrate
Alexander Hamilton
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
16. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
limited government
Patrick Henry
third amendment
Seperation of Powers
17. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
treason
raw materials
Steel Plow
geographical
18. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
nullify
life expectancy
consumer demand
civil disobedience
19. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
famine
relevant
cultivation
theocracy
20. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
treason
Andrew Jackson
life expectancy
secondary sources
21. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
Northwest Ordiance
labor force
geographical
Tenth Amedment
22. Moving from one place to antoher
Jefferson Davis
William Lloyd Garrison
migration
tyranny
23. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
Impeach
nullify
William Lloyd Garrison
federal
24. Leader of the original democratic party and a 'president of the pople' he was also responsbible for the Trail of Tears - which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
antifederalist
President Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
first amendment
25. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
foreign policy
labor force
militia
distribution
26. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
James Monroe
King George III
devastated
limited government
27. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ulysses S grant
popular soverignty
magna carta
28. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
Susan B Anothony
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
First shot of Civil War
possessions
29. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
life expectancy
checks and balances
democratic republic
Conord Massachusetts
30. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Reaper
Fourteenth Amendment
significant
31. Having to do with business
migration
finalcial resources
commercial
federalism
32. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
The Constitution of the United States
direct representation
Steamboat
population growth
33. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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34. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
federalism
Gettysburg Adress
milestones
Susan B Anothony
35. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
nullify
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
literacy rate
36. 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';
theocracy
population boom
Thirteenth Amendment
The Constitution of the United States
37. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
nullify
population density
popular culture 'pop culture'
efficiency
38. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Cotton Gin
amend
militia
popular soverignty
39. To obtain or receive
antifederalist
John C. Calhoun
acquire
ratify
40. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
infectious disease
economic status
rural
The first shots of the American Revolution
41. Widespread hunger within a given region
famine
popular culture 'pop culture'
autocracy
Democracy
42. A point at which an important decision must be made
Gibbons vs. Ogden
nullify
crossroads
adjacent
43. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Common Sense
Fifteenth Amendment
abolition
market economy
44. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
militia
benjamin franklin
Mayflower Compact
theocracy
45. 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
possessions
Federalist Papers
acquire
amend
46. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
Emancipation Proclamations
first amendment
significant
Northwest Ordiance
47. 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
primary sources
Gibbons vs. Ogden
cottage industry
third amendment
48. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
amend
resolution
population density
prohibited
49. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
autocracy
export
popular soverignty
The Great Compromise
50. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
antifederalist
adjacent
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
John C. Calhoun
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