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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. The state of acting according to law; lawful
Jefferson Davis
commader
rural
legitmacy
2. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Battle of Saratoga
finalcial resources
labor force
Interchangeable Parts
3. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
autocracy
magna carta
secondary sources
currency
4. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Cotton Gin
End of the American Revolution
Steel Plow
gross domestic product
5. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
King George III
route
free enterprise
cultivation
6. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
unalienable right
state's rights
mercantilism
Farewell Address
7. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
civil disobedience
Battle of Gettysburg
second amendment
8. To be compeletly destroyed
antifederalist
efficiency
devastated
Farewell Address
9. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
President Thomas Jefferson
Reaper
landlocked
life expectancy
10. 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
popular culture 'pop culture'
mercantilism
foreign policy
Alexander Hamilton
11. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
life expectancy
crossroads
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
treason
12. To withdraw or pull away
acquire
Gibbons vs. Ogden
secede
provisions
13. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
migration
separation of powers
crossroads
Emancipation Proclamations
14. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
consumer demand
market economy
Andrew Jackson
cultivation
15. Moving from one place to antoher
landlocked
consumer demand
migration
Steel Plow
16. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
birthrate
provisions
resolution
17. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
per capita income
Impeach
grievance
livstock
18. Not allowed
prohibited
Daniel Webster
foreign policy
free enterprise economy
19. Widespread hunger within a given region
Federalist Papers
Fourteenth Amendment
famine
benjamin franklin
20. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Democracy
Battle of Gettysburg
Jamestown
Henry Clay
21. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
John C. Calhoun
famine
export
Samuel Adams
22. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
infectious disease
Judicial Review
federal
crossroads
23. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
James Monroe
treason
acquire
militia
24. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
export
James Madison
suffrage
sixth amendment
25. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
population density
Alexander Hamilton
amendment
provisions
26. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
standard of living
cottage industry
First shot of Civil War
Navigation Acts
27. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
magna carta
Tenth Amedment
crossroads
Reaper
28. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
limited government
Tenth Amedment
militia
Navigation Acts
29. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Frederick Douglas
literacy rate
James Madison
King George III
30. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
limited government
Conord Massachusetts
abolition
consumer demand
31. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
possessions
Daniel Webster
state's rights
Bill of Rights
32. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
livstock
free enterprise economy
resolution
antifederalist
33. 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
acquire
significant
Gettysburg Adress
popular culture 'pop culture'
34. 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
Interchangeable Parts
Patrick Henry
militia
35. Improtant points in an event
Fourteenth Amendment
life expectancy
President Thomas Jefferson
milestones
36. To contaminate or corup
Democracy
Steel Plow
infected
gross domestic product
37. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
The Declaration of Independence
benjamin franklin
confined
grievance
38. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
William Lloyd Garrison
Conord Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
significant
39. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
distribution
Interchangeable Parts
40. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
life expectancy
technological advances
significant
Frederick Douglas
41. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
harsh
resolution
legitmacy
federalism
42. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
population growth
milestones
Proclamation of 1763
Frederick Douglas
43. 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.
sixth amendment
Frederick Douglas
Tenth Amedment
direct representation
44. 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
free enterprise economy
landlocked
Treaty of Paris of 1763
primary sources
45. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War
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46. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
limited government
free enterprise
federalist
checks and balances
47. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
abolition
provisions
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
48. Living in a city
urban
government bureaucracy
raw materials
Robert E. Lee
49. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
ratify
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
secede
third amendment
50. Important to a certain event or topic
Common Sense
significant
prospertiy
resolution