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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. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
export
federalism
James Monroe
acquire
2. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
population growth
The Declaration of Independence
diversity
3. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
End of the American Revolution
foreign policy
cottage industry
theocracy
4. To be compeletly destroyed
devastated
Navigation Acts
cottage industry
John C. Calhoun
5. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
Daniel Webster
Robert E. Lee
Bill of Rights
autocracy
6. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
federal
secondary sources
Reaper
theocracy
7. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Abraham Lincoln
market economy
Impeach
secede
8. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
possessions
raw materials
market economy
Appomattox Curt House
9. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Conord Massachusetts
birthrate
Robert E. Lee
resolution
10. Not allowed
draft
Abraham Lincoln
prohibited
Alexander Hamilton
11. The right to vote
population boom
suffrage
Reaper
Thirteenth Amendment
12. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Bill of Rights
prospertiy
draft
Jamestown
13. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
direct representation
abolition
Telegraph
acquire
14. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
Bessemer Process
benjamin franklin
crossroads
significant
15. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
Mexican Cession
consumer demand
infected
16. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
currency
export
Alexander Hamilton
prohibited
17. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
Harriet Tubman
The Great Compromise
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
cottage industry
18. John Deere
rural
Marbury vs. Madison
Interchangeable Parts
Steel Plow
19. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
consumer demand
milestones
federalism
20. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
limited government
militia
End of the American Revolution
third amendment
21. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Navigation Acts
Henry Clay
Reaper
literacy rate
22. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
foreign policy
federalist
prospertiy
James Monroe
23. Abolished slavery
suffrage
Steamboat
ninth amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
24. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
diversity
nullify
William Lloyd Garrison
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
25. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
benjamin franklin
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
technological advances
26. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
treason
significant
The Great Compromise
urban
27. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
third amendment
prospertiy
literacy rate
Impeach
28. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
King George III
literacy rate
Navigation Acts
standard of living
29. Having to do with clothing
diplomatic relations
population density
textile
relevant
30. Short speech given by Abrahman Lincoln to dedicate a cemetry for soliders who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered a profound statement of American ideals. Four score and seven years ago - our fathers....and that governemtn of the peopl
Gettysburg Adress
unalienable right
Andrew Jackson
Reaper
31. To contaminate or corup
finalcial resources
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S grant
infected
32. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Battle of Gettysburg
prospertiy
significant
currency
33. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Jamestown
Telegraph
federalism
magna carta
34. Compliantes againsts a person or state
secede
Gibbons vs. Ogden
grievance
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
35. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
abolition
Cotton Gin
resolution
civil disobedience
36. Economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the the Mother Country
benjamin franklin
Susan B Anothony
mercantilism
significant
37. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
autocracy
federal
gross domestic product
provisions
38. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
Farewell Address
life expectancy
theocracy
Mayflower Compact
39. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
harsh
population boom
Marbury vs. Madison
The Great Compromise
40. Important to a certain event or topic
benjamin franklin
significant
Farewell Address
devastated
41. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
primary sources
sixth amendment
nullify
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
42. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
accusations
population growth
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
cultivation
43. To withdraw or pull away
first amendment
secede
finalcial resources
command economy
44. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
diplomatic relations
The first shots of the American Revolution
Abraham Lincoln
45. Women's rights organizer
acquire
infected
Susan B Anothony
nullify
46. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
provisions
significant
Robert E. Lee
47. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
Steamboat
Harriet Tubman
limited government
population boom
48. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Conord Massachusetts
harsh
End of the American Revolution
Frederick Douglas
49. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
acquire
cultivation
censorship
Henry Clay
50. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
significant
milestones
Bessemer Process