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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
legitmacy
command economy
provisions
Ulysses S grant
2. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Bill of Rights
Henry Clay
landlocked
free enterprise
3. Leader of the original democratic party and a 'president of the pople' he was also responsbible for the Trail of Tears - which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
Battle of Saratoga
relevant
second amendment
Andrew Jackson
4. 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
Northwest Ordiance
Frederick Douglas
direct representation
Seperation of Powers
5. Is a cruel and unjust government
Mayflower Compact
antifederalist
cultivation
tyranny
6. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
civil disobedience
Steel Plow
legitmacy
Emancipation Proclamations
7. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
cottage industry
legitmacy
President Thomas Jefferson
checks and balances
8. John Deere
Tenth Amedment
life expectancy
Steel Plow
population boom
9. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
The Great Compromise
William Lloyd Garrison
relevant
population density
10. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
separation of powers
infectious disease
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Bill of Rights
11. To contaminate or corup
Harriet Tubman
infected
theocracy
Treaty of Paris of 1763
12. Living in a city
popular culture 'pop culture'
urban
prohibited
Common Sense
13. Important to a certain event or topic
President Thomas Jefferson
federalist
significant
subsistence economy
14. To change
amend
amendment
Northwest Ordiance
Impeach
15. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
federal
William Lloyd Garrison
per capita income
democratic republic
16. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
checks and balances
Abraham Lincoln
accusations
foreign policy
17. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
autocracy
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Fourteenth Amendment
Jamestown
18. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
devastated
infected
James Monroe
Navigation Acts
19. General of the confederate army
legitmacy
Fifteenth Amendment
milestones
Robert E. Lee
20. Next to or beside
Telegraph
adjacent
Daniel Webster
Gibbons vs. Ogden
21. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Robert E. Lee
commader
cottage industry
Tea Act
22. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Telegraph
gross domestic product
Civil War
devastated
23. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
autocracy
Treaty of Paris of 1763
cottage industry
federalism
24. 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
Telegraph
textile
Marbury vs. Madison
mercantilism
25. Samuel Morse
Proclamation of 1763
separation of powers
King George III
Telegraph
26. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
antifederalist
federalist
confined
nullification
27. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
subsistence economy
birthrate
Marbury vs. Madison
export
28. To be compeletly destroyed
devastated
Appomattox Curt House
Judicial Review
acquire
29. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
Tea Act
unalienable right
government bureaucracy
30. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Mexican Cession
federal
significant
standard of living
31. 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
population boom
Jamestown
limited government
32. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
prohibited
commader
nullify
Tenth Amedment
33. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
prospertiy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Farewell Address
34. Not allowed
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
gross domestic product
Common Sense
prohibited
35. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
crossroads
Seperation of Powers
distribution
economic status
36. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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37. 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.'
crossroads
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
The first shots of the American Revolution
Patrick Henry
38. Abolished slavery
cottage industry
Thirteenth Amendment
rural
Bessemer Process
39. 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
Democracy
Samuel Adams
Treaty of Paris of 1763
suffrage
40. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Mexican Cession
diplomatic relations
militia
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
41. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
commader
Patrick Henry
diplomatic relations
42. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
export
Thomas Jefferson
Judicial Review
James Monroe
43. Having to do with clothing
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
ninth amendment
textile
censorship
44. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Emancipation Proclamations
ninth amendment
absolute monarch
third amendment
45. 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
sixth amendment
economic status
Alexander Hamilton
raw materials
46. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
rural
provisions
Ulysses S grant
free enterprise
47. 'Father of the Constitution'
Mayflower Compact
James Madison
devastated
Robert E. Lee
48. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
gross domestic product
Proclamation of 1763
federalism
route
49. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
devastated
Mexican Cession
Jamestown
Daniel Webster
50. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln
Navigation Acts
turmoil