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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
federal
commercial
command economy
James Monroe
2. To be compeletly destroyed
devastated
magna carta
significant
textile
3. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
amendment
federalism
Common Sense
limited government
4. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
primary sources
Common Sense
export
Conord Massachusetts
5. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
route
abolition
antifederalist
textile
6. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
James Madison
infectious disease
Civil War
labor force
7. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
Robert E. Lee
cultivation
Tea Act
federal
8. 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
Ulysses S grant
The Declaration of Independence
state's rights
harsh
9. Women's rights organizer
resolution
Susan B Anothony
Daniel Webster
civil disobedience
10. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
nullification
Battle of Saratoga
Steel Plow
distribution
11. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Federalist Papers
Seperation of Powers
currency
benjamin franklin
12. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
life expectancy
Fourteenth Amendment
Treaty of Paris of 1763
market economy
13. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
nullify
President Thomas Jefferson
Battle of Gettysburg
The Constitution of the United States
14. 'Father of the Constitution'
The Constitution of the United States
crossroads
James Madison
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
15. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
market economy
turmoil
life expectancy
raw materials
16. Improtant points in an event
devastated
popular culture 'pop culture'
milestones
Emancipation Proclamations
17. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
benjamin franklin
command economy
The first shots of the American Revolution
End of the American Revolution
18. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
landlocked
government bureaucracy
federal
Daniel Webster
19. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
harsh
Daniel Webster
Battle of Saratoga
tariff
20. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
federalism
Interchangeable Parts
Cotton Gin
harsh
21. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
benjamin franklin
secondary sources
second amendment
birthrate
22. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalist
Patrick Henry
Andrew Jackson
federalism
23. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
First shot of Civil War
Gibbons vs. Ogden
finalcial resources
turmoil
24. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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25. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Democracy
free enterprise
nullify
abolition
26. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
technological advances
ratify
militia
textile
27. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
geographical
Harriet Tubman
secede
James Madison
28. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
distribution
Telegraph
federalist
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
29. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
birthrate
adjacent
James Monroe
efficiency
30. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
currency
diversity
market economy
First shot of Civil War
31. 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)
Gettysburg Adress
geographical
consumer demand
textile
32. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Thomas Jefferson
Mayflower Compact
theocracy
federalism
33. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
popular soverignty
legitmacy
famine
civil disobedience
34. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Bill of Rights
democratic republic
Andrew Jackson
35. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
foreign policy
The Declaration of Independence
civil disobedience
autocracy
36. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
limited government
migration
John C. Calhoun
William Lloyd Garrison
37. Changing iron into steal
Judicial Review
autocracy
separation of powers
Bessemer Process
38. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Fourteenth Amendment
Henry Clay
Cotton Gin
magna carta
39. Samuel Morse
route
mercantilism
Steamboat
Telegraph
40. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
prohibited
landlocked
efficiency
41. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
landlocked
provisions
absolute monarch
infectious disease
42. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Battle of Gettysburg
milestones
cottage industry
King George III
43. The right to vote
gross domestic product
foreign policy
suffrage
economic status
44. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Alexander Hamilton
commader
government bureaucracy
45. 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';
The Constitution of the United States
Battle of Gettysburg
per capita income
finalcial resources
46. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
censorship
Abraham Lincoln
Seperation of Powers
antifederalist
47. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
ninth amendment
Samuel Adams
benjamin franklin
Frederick Douglas
48. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
draft
relevant
ninth amendment
49. 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
Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
birthrate
Patrick Henry
50. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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