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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Tea Act
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
federal
provisions
2. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
harsh
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Reaper
third amendment
3. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
separation of powers
benjamin franklin
Fifteenth Amendment
federal
4. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
market economy
ninth amendment
cultivation
Civil War
5. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
draft
President Thomas Jefferson
prospertiy
6. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
End of the American Revolution
Samuel Adams
commader
7. 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
popular culture 'pop culture'
possessions
Andrew Jackson
second amendment
8. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
infected
Steel Plow
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
population growth
9. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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10. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
labor force
commercial
antifederalist
Robert E. Lee
11. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Reaper
Gibbons vs. Ogden
commercial
Abraham Lincoln
12. Improtant points in an event
Impeach
gross domestic product
autocracy
milestones
13. Important; of consequence
population density
market economy
significant
sixth amendment
14. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
End of the American Revolution
Impeach
Civil War
15. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
autocracy
Jefferson Davis
Gettysburg Adress
market economy
16. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
famine
confined
life expectancy
birthrate
17. Realting to an event
relevant
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
James Monroe
autocracy
18. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
federalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
turmoil
milestones
19. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
livstock
direct representation
The Declaration of Independence
rural
20. Next to or beside
secondary sources
Civil War
labor force
adjacent
21. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
efficiency
infectious disease
Impeach
consumer demand
22. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
rural
population boom
Daniel Webster
Bill of Rights
23. An act of the Second Continental Congress - adopted on July 4 - 1776 - which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were 'Free and Independent States' and that 'all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain - is a
The Declaration of Independence
possessions
tyranny
Bill of Rights
24. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
population density
tariff
relevant
diversity
25. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
cottage industry
federal
Seperation of Powers
livstock
26. To obtain or receive
acquire
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
second amendment
suffrage
27. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
nullify
James Madison
King George III
Ulysses S grant
28. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Seperation of Powers
Susan B Anothony
free enterprise
Alexander Hamilton
29. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
Fifteenth Amendment
tyranny
Mexican Cession
harsh
30. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War
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31. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
efficiency
market economy
The Declaration of Independence
possessions
32. To contaminate or corup
infected
life expectancy
sixth amendment
urban
33. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
per capita income
literacy rate
adjacent
Northwest Ordiance
34. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
free enterprise
Democracy
theocracy
35. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
economic status
Federalist Papers
geographical
Emancipation Proclamations
36. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
amendment
milestones
gross domestic product
Battle of Saratoga
37. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
abolition
prospertiy
popular soverignty
consumer demand
38. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
market economy
popular soverignty
prospertiy
currency
39. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
federalist
population density
Fourteenth Amendment
adjacent
40. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
Mayflower Compact
export
Abraham Lincoln
milestones
41. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
population boom
Tenth Amedment
Bill of Rights
federalism
42. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
resolution
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
commercial
43. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
Common Sense
amendment
secondary sources
44. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
Marbury vs. Madison
second amendment
labor force
relevant
45. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
Federalist Papers
livstock
distribution
secondary sources
46. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
direct representation
Conord Massachusetts
Andrew Jackson
route
47. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
Samuel Adams
Northwest Ordiance
provisions
resolution
48. The state of acting according to law; lawful
Cotton Gin
foreign policy
legitmacy
Henry Clay
49. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Seperation of Powers
Alexander Hamilton
accusations
The Great Compromise
50. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
commader
turmoil
The Declaration of Independence
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