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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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1. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine






2. 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






3. The right to vote






4. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals






5. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not






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






7. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government

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8. Women's rights organizer






9. Unable to move or with limited space and operate






10. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area






11. Having to do with business






12. 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';






13. To contaminate or corup






14. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War






15. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery






16. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms






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






18. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






19. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government






20. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina






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






22. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle






23. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






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






25. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group






26. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece






27. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.






28. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North






29. Changing iron into steal






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






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






32. Things that you own






33. Moving from one place to antoher






34. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual






35. 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






36. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






37. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others






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






39. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy






40. Important to a certain event or topic






41. John Deere






42. 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






43. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature






44. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets






45. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual






46. To obtain or receive






47. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






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






49. 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






50. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons