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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 be compeletly destroyed
Seperation of Powers
market economy
devastated
Navigation Acts
2. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
foreign policy
economic status
William Lloyd Garrison
harsh
3. 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.'
birthrate
Patrick Henry
Abraham Lincoln
popular culture 'pop culture'
4. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
devastated
James Monroe
population density
popular soverignty
5. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
population density
first amendment
urban
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
6. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
free enterprise
First shot of Civil War
raw materials
significant
7. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
abolition
labor force
confined
antifederalist
8. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Ulysses S grant
Seperation of Powers
distribution
draft
9. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
Proclamation of 1763
secondary sources
suffrage
ninth amendment
10. 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)
economic status
consumer demand
unalienable right
federalism
11. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
cultivation
direct representation
government bureaucracy
federal
12. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Northwest Ordiance
13. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
prospertiy
Tenth Amedment
secondary sources
population density
14. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
consumer demand
prohibited
Fourteenth Amendment
textile
15. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
population growth
James Madison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ninth amendment
16. The Supreme Court decision that rulled that the consitution gave contorl of interstate comerce to the U.S. congress not the individual states trhough whih a route passed
command economy
finalcial resources
Gibbons vs. Ogden
textile
17. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
secondary sources
democratic republic
cottage industry
Bessemer Process
18. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
finalcial resources
censorship
Battle of Gettysburg
confined
19. To obtain or receive
rural
acquire
possessions
Andrew Jackson
20. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
President Thomas Jefferson
livstock
absolute monarch
subsistence economy
21. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
Seperation of Powers
third amendment
censorship
nullification
22. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Frederick Douglas
confined
relevant
treason
23. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
limited government
militia
federalism
24. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Robert E. Lee
Samuel Adams
limited government
treason
25. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Tea Act
abolition
federalist
birthrate
26. To withdraw or pull away
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
government bureaucracy
infected
secede
27. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Henry Clay
Civil War
Ulysses S grant
free enterprise
28. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
Impeach
efficiency
distribution
antifederalist
29. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
free enterprise
currency
technological advances
The Great Compromise
30. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
popular culture 'pop culture'
second amendment
Farewell Address
Steamboat
31. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
secede
benjamin franklin
rural
technological advances
32. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
relevant
Seperation of Powers
export
33. Compliantes againsts a person or state
James Monroe
grievance
resolution
John C. Calhoun
34. Having to do with clothing
turmoil
textile
separation of powers
rural
35. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
checks and balances
censorship
secondary sources
36. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
unalienable right
nullify
Northwest Ordiance
Daniel Webster
37. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
third amendment
Tenth Amedment
raw materials
Telegraph
38. 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
Marbury vs. Madison
Gettysburg Adress
distribution
tyranny
39. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
Gettysburg Adress
Bill of Rights
currency
Common Sense
40. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Impeach
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln
unalienable right
41. 'Father of the Constitution'
Bill of Rights
government bureaucracy
foreign policy
James Madison
42. Next to or beside
Proclamation of 1763
adjacent
technological advances
Bessemer Process
43. To contaminate or corup
Harriet Tubman
Tea Act
Federalist Papers
infected
44. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Common Sense
militia
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
The Constitution of the United States
45. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
theocracy
first amendment
technological advances
checks and balances
46. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
limited government
Battle of Gettysburg
cultivation
nullification
47. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
resolution
significant
diversity
geographical
48. 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
Alexander Hamilton
antifederalist
provisions
famine
49. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
cultivation
Gettysburg Adress
Interchangeable Parts
Impeach
50. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
life expectancy
Democracy
free enterprise economy
federal