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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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1. 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
censorship
secondary sources
mercantilism
The Great Compromise
2. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Bessemer Process
prospertiy
significant
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
3. To withdraw or pull away
secede
ratify
Telegraph
relevant
4. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
crossroads
nullification
finalcial resources
amend
5. 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.'
Battle of Gettysburg
famine
diversity
Patrick Henry
6. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
literacy rate
censorship
federalism
Impeach
7. Robert Fulton
Steamboat
life expectancy
significant
Fourteenth Amendment
8. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
subsistence economy
urban
nullify
acquire
9. 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.
Gettysburg Adress
Mayflower Compact
urban
censorship
10. Changing iron into steal
nullification
Bessemer Process
Tea Act
treason
11. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
absolute monarch
livstock
gross domestic product
Thomas Jefferson
12. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Bill of Rights
standard of living
Interchangeable Parts
Jefferson Davis
13. To contaminate or corup
market economy
finalcial resources
infected
Interchangeable Parts
14. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
textile
magna carta
federalism
Robert E. Lee
15. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
technological advances
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
ninth amendment
16. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
militia
Emancipation Proclamations
Bessemer Process
Bill of Rights
17. Widespread hunger within a given region
raw materials
civil disobedience
censorship
famine
18. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
Frederick Douglas
relevant
prohibited
autocracy
19. Samuel Morse
currency
Telegraph
Battle of Saratoga
distribution
20. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
cultivation
Telegraph
free enterprise
Emancipation Proclamations
21. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
famine
federalism
unalienable right
Civil War
22. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
secondary sources
separation of powers
Bessemer Process
Jefferson Davis
23. 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
draft
acquire
federalism
24. The state of acting according to law; lawful
finalcial resources
Emancipation Proclamations
Andrew Jackson
legitmacy
25. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
confined
Mayflower Compact
suffrage
James Monroe
26. 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
prohibited
Marbury vs. Madison
landlocked
treason
27. 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
Alexander Hamilton
primary sources
James Monroe
Appomattox Curt House
28. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
popular culture 'pop culture'
Andrew Jackson
market economy
29. Living in a country
geographical
Conord Massachusetts
rural
famine
30. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Seperation of Powers
grievance
federalism
foreign policy
31. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
popular soverignty
democratic republic
prospertiy
life expectancy
32. To obtain or receive
federalism
Robert E. Lee
acquire
route
33. Important to a certain event or topic
Daniel Webster
Steel Plow
significant
literacy rate
34. 'Father of the Constitution'
tyranny
nullify
James Madison
Civil War
35. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
Gettysburg Adress
tariff
route
Treaty of Paris of 1763
36. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
harsh
federal
suffrage
literacy rate
37. 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.
diplomatic relations
Alexander Hamilton
sixth amendment
direct representation
38. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
birthrate
federal
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
The Constitution of the United States
39. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
raw materials
John C. Calhoun
Mayflower Compact
Fifteenth Amendment
40. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
Daniel Webster
gross domestic product
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
41. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
birthrate
significant
antifederalist
amendment
42. 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
Robert E. Lee
route
Civil War
43. A point at which an important decision must be made
standard of living
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
ratify
crossroads
44. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
federalist
population density
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
first amendment
45. General of the confederate army
End of the American Revolution
consumer demand
technological advances
Robert E. Lee
46. The right to vote
commader
Henry Clay
suffrage
literacy rate
47. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
secondary sources
government bureaucracy
livstock
subsistence economy
48. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
resolution
second amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
cultivation
49. 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
efficiency
Navigation Acts
Alexander Hamilton
suffrage
50. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
Patrick Henry
adjacent
export
textile
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