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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. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
Battle of Saratoga
antifederalist
nullify
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
possessions
Conord Massachusetts
turmoil
The Constitution of the United States
3. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
First shot of Civil War
suffrage
livstock
John C. Calhoun
4. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
Harriet Tubman
draft
Ulysses S grant
Robert E. Lee
5. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
federalism
Navigation Acts
Jamestown
free enterprise
6. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
market economy
Steamboat
autocracy
landlocked
7. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
urban
Interchangeable Parts
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
milestones
8. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
route
First shot of Civil War
popular soverignty
9. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
civil disobedience
Civil War
amend
10. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
government bureaucracy
significant
adjacent
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
11. 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)
free enterprise economy
literacy rate
unalienable right
Bill of Rights
12. 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
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
federalism
The Declaration of Independence
13. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
subsistence economy
urban
federal
Ulysses S grant
14. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
export
population growth
secondary sources
separation of powers
15. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Thomas Jefferson
Bill of Rights
Samuel Adams
federalism
16. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Jefferson Davis
Navigation Acts
confined
William Lloyd Garrison
17. 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)
adjacent
consumer demand
federal
geographical
18. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
Civil War
commercial
harsh
19. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
abolition
Civil War
population growth
20. Means to improve by vote
ratify
The Great Compromise
market economy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
21. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
birthrate
nullification
Federalist Papers
Cotton Gin
22. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
standard of living
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
relevant
23. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
government bureaucracy
command economy
Fourteenth Amendment
foreign policy
24. Not allowed
primary sources
Jamestown
prohibited
foreign policy
25. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
End of the American Revolution
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
second amendment
26. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
militia
first amendment
Seperation of Powers
James Madison
27. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
grievance
rural
Jamestown
Farewell Address
28. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
militia
population density
prohibited
Seperation of Powers
29. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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30. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
limited government
tariff
Susan B Anothony
King George III
31. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
infectious disease
militia
Bill of Rights
adjacent
32. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
export
harsh
Farewell Address
infectious disease
33. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
accusations
direct representation
The Declaration of Independence
Civil War
34. 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.
migration
sixth amendment
harsh
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
35. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
Harriet Tubman
economic status
Treaty of Paris of 1763
urban
36. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
Marbury vs. Madison
Civil War
market economy
Fifteenth Amendment
37. Improtant points in an event
milestones
Democracy
Battle of Gettysburg
Fourteenth Amendment
38. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Treaty of Paris of 1763
urban
migration
President Thomas Jefferson
39. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
command economy
technological advances
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Steamboat
40. 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
Treaty of Paris of 1763
significant
Ulysses S grant
devastated
41. To contaminate or corup
Steamboat
End of the American Revolution
First shot of Civil War
infected
42. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
federalism
diversity
currency
amendment
43. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalism
popular culture 'pop culture'
Northwest Ordiance
currency
44. 'Father of the Constitution'
separation of powers
James Madison
magna carta
civil disobedience
45. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
federalist
Interchangeable Parts
Democracy
prohibited
46. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
subsistence economy
abolition
Alexander Hamilton
ninth amendment
47. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
limited government
Treaty of Paris of 1763
currency
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
48. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
second amendment
technological advances
devastated
infectious disease
49. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Judicial Review
Abraham Lincoln
diplomatic relations
50. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
autocracy
gross domestic product
John C. Calhoun