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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. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
ninth amendment
livstock
Appomattox Curt House
life expectancy
2. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
literacy rate
nullify
state's rights
Appomattox Curt House
3. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
militia
President Thomas Jefferson
export
suffrage
4. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
Andrew Jackson
Civil War
direct representation
James Madison
5. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
landlocked
magna carta
possessions
free enterprise
6. Samuel Morse
Telegraph
possessions
direct representation
antifederalist
7. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
literacy rate
Federalist Papers
rural
federalist
8. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
James Monroe
sixth amendment
textile
treason
9. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
possessions
magna carta
Daniel Webster
significant
10. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
infectious disease
Andrew Jackson
grievance
life expectancy
11. Living in a country
direct representation
free enterprise economy
Harriet Tubman
rural
12. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
autocracy
Ulysses S grant
End of the American Revolution
Federalist Papers
13. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Seperation of Powers
tariff
Bill of Rights
federalism
14. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
birthrate
The Constitution of the United States
Judicial Review
gross domestic product
15. 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
Jamestown
abolition
Patrick Henry
End of the American Revolution
16. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
censorship
draft
second amendment
treason
17. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
infected
significant
antifederalist
18. 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
popular culture 'pop culture'
Treaty of Paris of 1763
separation of powers
suffrage
19. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
infectious disease
Judicial Review
distribution
Steamboat
20. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
End of the American Revolution
cultivation
finalcial resources
abolition
21. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
milestones
birthrate
prohibited
Fifteenth Amendment
22. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
labor force
Gettysburg Adress
Fourteenth Amendment
foreign policy
23. Righst that you can not surrender - sell or transer. they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstatnces be srurredned or taken (life - liberty - happiness)
significant
unalienable right
Proclamation of 1763
primary sources
24. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
popular culture 'pop culture'
President Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
literacy rate
25. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
limited government
Appomattox Curt House
Jefferson Davis
secede
26. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Appomattox Curt House
life expectancy
amend
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
27. John Deere
Jefferson Davis
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Steel Plow
The Constitution of the United States
28. Original records of an event - they incldue eyewitness reports created at the time of an event speeches - and letters by people involved in the event - photographs and artifacts
crossroads
primary sources
labor force
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
29. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
autocracy
Interchangeable Parts
relevant
resolution
30. To obtain or receive
Conord Massachusetts
acquire
antifederalist
third amendment
31. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
Gibbons vs. Ogden
separation of powers
First shot of Civil War
32. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
sixth amendment
militia
Fifteenth Amendment
harsh
33. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
unalienable right
acquire
government bureaucracy
finalcial resources
34. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
life expectancy
subsistence economy
technological advances
Judicial Review
35. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
infectious disease
checks and balances
significant
federalism
36. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
technological advances
Marbury vs. Madison
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
suffrage
37. 'Father of the Constitution'
prohibited
James Madison
grievance
Steel Plow
38. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Democracy
economic status
command economy
Henry Clay
39. Living in a city
End of the American Revolution
urban
raw materials
resolution
40. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
autocracy
popular soverignty
resolution
unalienable right
41. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
diversity
labor force
free enterprise economy
Gibbons vs. Ogden
42. 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
economic status
Marbury vs. Madison
Robert E. Lee
Gibbons vs. Ogden
43. A point at which an important decision must be made
route
Susan B Anothony
labor force
crossroads
44. Robert Fulton
Steamboat
Alexander Hamilton
Bessemer Process
William Lloyd Garrison
45. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
Henry Clay
Mayflower Compact
Susan B Anothony
46. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
James Monroe
first amendment
rural
Thomas Jefferson
47. Changing iron into steal
The first shots of the American Revolution
Daniel Webster
finalcial resources
Bessemer Process
48. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
government bureaucracy
popular culture 'pop culture'
Henry Clay
Navigation Acts
49. The right to vote
Reaper
significant
Emancipation Proclamations
suffrage
50. Not allowed
third amendment
confined
suffrage
prohibited