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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. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
Emancipation Proclamations
milestones
diversity
landlocked
2. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Northwest Ordiance
third amendment
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Battle of Saratoga
3. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
Appomattox Curt House
abolition
Alexander Hamilton
standard of living
4. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
theocracy
antifederalist
Jamestown
second amendment
5. 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.
tariff
Emancipation Proclamations
sixth amendment
labor force
6. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
Emancipation Proclamations
autocracy
birthrate
federal
7. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
Gibbons vs. Ogden
urban
ninth amendment
John C. Calhoun
8. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
Civil War
market economy
textile
9. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
turmoil
population density
livstock
Bessemer Process
10. Eli Whitney
separation of powers
Interchangeable Parts
Mayflower Compact
free enterprise economy
11. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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12. An act of the Second Continental Congress - adopted on July 4 - 1776 - which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were 'Free and Independent States' and that 'all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain - is a
famine
Democracy
The Declaration of Independence
James Monroe
13. 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
provisions
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Gettysburg Adress
labor force
14. 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
Patrick Henry
treason
Harriet Tubman
Marbury vs. Madison
15. Widespread hunger within a given region
limited government
Battle of Saratoga
nullification
famine
16. Important; of consequence
federalism
significant
nullification
Navigation Acts
17. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
Tea Act
gross domestic product
ninth amendment
free enterprise economy
18. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
Farewell Address
Cotton Gin
Frederick Douglas
19. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
third amendment
distribution
Steel Plow
The Declaration of Independence
20. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
relevant
Tea Act
government bureaucracy
life expectancy
21. 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
Bill of Rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglas
22. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
confined
textile
Reaper
23. Is a cruel and unjust government
amend
President Thomas Jefferson
possessions
tyranny
24. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
federalism
relevant
grievance
Impeach
25. 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.'
federal
Daniel Webster
infected
Patrick Henry
26. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
federal
Thomas Jefferson
consumer demand
The Constitution of the United States
27. John Deere
federalism
government bureaucracy
Steel Plow
diversity
28. 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
benjamin franklin
Andrew Jackson
treason
magna carta
29. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
commader
benjamin franklin
The Great Compromise
Navigation Acts
30. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
popular soverignty
harsh
landlocked
federalist
31. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Fifteenth Amendment
The Great Compromise
ratify
adjacent
32. Women's rights organizer
Susan B Anothony
state's rights
Thirteenth Amendment
ninth amendment
33. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
subsistence economy
James Monroe
federalism
currency
34. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
cottage industry
mercantilism
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
devastated
35. Living in a city
rural
amend
accusations
urban
36. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
second amendment
acquire
currency
draft
37. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
distribution
currency
Patrick Henry
38. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
federalism
infected
resolution
The Constitution of the United States
39. Relationships that exsits between governments
popular culture 'pop culture'
tariff
diplomatic relations
direct representation
40. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
Harriet Tubman
population boom
per capita income
autocracy
41. 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
ninth amendment
confined
Gibbons vs. Ogden
benjamin franklin
42. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
federalism
life expectancy
urban
43. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Harriet Tubman
checks and balances
third amendment
Interchangeable Parts
44. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
livstock
popular culture 'pop culture'
federalist
Abraham Lincoln
45. Led to the Boston Tea Party
commercial
livstock
Tea Act
Gettysburg Adress
46. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
accusations
birthrate
separation of powers
population growth
47. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
birthrate
secede
life expectancy
Thirteenth Amendment
48. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
abolition
Common Sense
Tenth Amedment
John C. Calhoun
49. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
population density
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Jefferson Davis
geographical
50. General of the confederate army
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Robert E. Lee
civil disobedience
tariff