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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
commader
ninth amendment
command economy
The Great Compromise
2. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
federalism
Farewell Address
tariff
free enterprise
3. To change
milestones
amend
literacy rate
theocracy
4. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
prohibited
Frederick Douglas
Seperation of Powers
accusations
5. The state of acting according to law; lawful
standard of living
turmoil
life expectancy
legitmacy
6. Is a cruel and unjust government
possessions
Patrick Henry
birthrate
tyranny
7. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
treason
efficiency
Tea Act
Appomattox Curt House
8. 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
Cotton Gin
Gettysburg Adress
geographical
Treaty of Paris of 1763
9. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Jamestown
Civil War
autocracy
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
10. Things that you own
possessions
life expectancy
population density
Battle of Gettysburg
11. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Ulysses S grant
grievance
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
President Thomas Jefferson
12. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Fourteenth Amendment
birthrate
Bessemer Process
Democracy
13. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
textile
The Great Compromise
absolute monarch
commader
14. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
commader
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
export
Bessemer Process
15. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Jefferson Davis
infected
Civil War
Federalist Papers
16. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
End of the American Revolution
legitmacy
possessions
17. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
separation of powers
standard of living
theocracy
Gettysburg Adress
18. Abolished slavery
civil disobedience
tyranny
Thirteenth Amendment
Mexican Cession
19. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
crossroads
devastated
Seperation of Powers
turmoil
20. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
primary sources
Jefferson Davis
ratify
21. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Marbury vs. Madison
Harriet Tubman
commercial
distribution
22. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Marbury vs. Madison
Thirteenth Amendment
Andrew Jackson
23. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
geographical
First shot of Civil War
harsh
Ulysses S grant
24. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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25. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
treason
democratic republic
popular soverignty
Andrew Jackson
26. Improtant points in an event
labor force
milestones
First shot of Civil War
diplomatic relations
27. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
President Thomas Jefferson
devastated
second amendment
King George III
28. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Seperation of Powers
first amendment
infected
29. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalism
amend
population growth
popular culture 'pop culture'
30. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
civil disobedience
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
free enterprise economy
Daniel Webster
31. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
absolute monarch
population density
Bill of Rights
tariff
32. 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
Emancipation Proclamations
birthrate
Northwest Ordiance
finalcial resources
33. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
antifederalist
export
Steamboat
mercantilism
34. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
significant
John C. Calhoun
geographical
Northwest Ordiance
35. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
First shot of Civil War
Harriet Tubman
adjacent
Thomas Jefferson
36. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
gross domestic product
Judicial Review
commercial
livstock
37. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
benjamin franklin
The Declaration of Independence
significant
resolution
38. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
gross domestic product
resolution
birthrate
Reaper
39. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
route
government bureaucracy
free enterprise economy
Henry Clay
40. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
famine
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Emancipation Proclamations
41. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
Reaper
currency
The first shots of the American Revolution
cottage industry
42. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
commader
Telegraph
First shot of Civil War
harsh
43. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
government bureaucracy
Farewell Address
third amendment
federalism
44. Not allowed
currency
prohibited
Steel Plow
free enterprise
45. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
militia
significant
Impeach
subsistence economy
46. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
distribution
Thomas Jefferson
literacy rate
The Great Compromise
47. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
route
command economy
milestones
landlocked
48. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
legitmacy
popular culture 'pop culture'
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
John C. Calhoun
49. Samuel Morse
Judicial Review
Telegraph
ninth amendment
autocracy
50. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
popular soverignty
federal
unalienable right
theocracy