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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Moving from one place to antoher






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






3. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US






4. Important to a certain event or topic






5. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.






6. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






7. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery






8. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations






9. Is a cruel and unjust government






10. To obtain or receive






11. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens






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






13. Having to do with clothing






14. Changing iron into steal






15. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation






16. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance






17. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War






18. Is a tax on goods brought into a country






19. 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.'






20. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution






21. 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






22. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal






23. To change






24. Next to or beside






25. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again






26. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US






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






28. To be compeletly destroyed






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






30. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet






31. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party






32. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina






33. Samuel Morse






34. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies






35. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state






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






37. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void






38. Having to do with business






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






40. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home






41. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources






42. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law






43. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union






44. The british defeat at Yorktown - Virgina by George Washingtown's troops singaled the end of the american revolution. accepted the surrrender of the main british army under Cronwallis






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






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






47. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics






48. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce






49. 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






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