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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. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
route
separation of powers
population density
Democracy
2. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Fourteenth Amendment
per capita income
third amendment
Farewell Address
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.'
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Patrick Henry
Daniel Webster
infectious disease
4. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
primary sources
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
population density
secondary sources
5. Living in a city
urban
gross domestic product
Daniel Webster
standard of living
6. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
crossroads
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
benjamin franklin
commader
7. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
technological advances
direct representation
tyranny
Navigation Acts
8. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
tyranny
First shot of Civil War
crossroads
9. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
Bessemer Process
Mexican Cession
life expectancy
Gettysburg Adress
10. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
textile
Treaty of Paris of 1763
federalism
Gibbons vs. Ogden
11. The state of acting according to law; lawful
Cotton Gin
censorship
third amendment
legitmacy
12. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
commercial
second amendment
Abraham Lincoln
federalist
13. Having to do with clothing
distribution
textile
life expectancy
suffrage
14. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Ulysses S grant
first amendment
unalienable right
15. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
population boom
Farewell Address
federalist
gross domestic product
16. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
censorship
primary sources
Navigation Acts
free enterprise
17. 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)
consumer demand
cottage industry
Harriet Tubman
Civil War
18. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
Conord Massachusetts
popular soverignty
livstock
cultivation
19. 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
labor force
relevant
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
20. 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
per capita income
Judicial Review
Marbury vs. Madison
Jamestown
21. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
harsh
nullification
Civil War
22. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
population density
antifederalist
Steamboat
John C. Calhoun
23. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
limited government
command economy
Gibbons vs. Ogden
prospertiy
24. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
King George III
urban
John C. Calhoun
25. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
infected
rural
route
checks and balances
26. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
second amendment
finalcial resources
William Lloyd Garrison
distribution
27. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
diversity
nullification
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
28. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
ratify
theocracy
geographical
free enterprise economy
29. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
infectious disease
First shot of Civil War
Federalist Papers
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
30. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
The Declaration of Independence
economic status
Susan B Anothony
export
31. Women's rights organizer
Mayflower Compact
Thomas Jefferson
raw materials
Susan B Anothony
32. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
landlocked
amendment
federal
Seperation of Powers
33. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
Daniel Webster
Interchangeable Parts
William Lloyd Garrison
economic status
34. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
raw materials
Frederick Douglas
market economy
nullification
35. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
federalist
censorship
Civil War
milestones
36. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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37. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
cottage industry
labor force
draft
militia
38. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
per capita income
Civil War
William Lloyd Garrison
39. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
nullify
landlocked
treason
Abraham Lincoln
40. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
per capita income
Daniel Webster
Navigation Acts
government bureaucracy
41. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
separation of powers
raw materials
prospertiy
42. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
sixth amendment
Civil War
separation of powers
Farewell Address
43. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
Thomas Jefferson
population boom
direct representation
export
44. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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45. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
first amendment
absolute monarch
amend
James Madison
46. Compliantes againsts a person or state
federalist
state's rights
grievance
Conord Massachusetts
47. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
Fourteenth Amendment
harsh
Proclamation of 1763
sixth amendment
48. 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
End of the American Revolution
second amendment
Northwest Ordiance
direct representation
49. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
autocracy
direct representation
Civil War
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
50. Living in a country
rural
mercantilism
Telegraph
provisions