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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. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
landlocked
devastated
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
The Declaration of Independence
2. To withdraw or pull away
efficiency
Telegraph
prospertiy
secede
3. 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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4. Having to do with business
commercial
confined
James Monroe
possessions
5. To be compeletly destroyed
Jefferson Davis
prohibited
devastated
efficiency
6. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Ulysses S grant
treason
urban
third amendment
7. Not allowed
Daniel Webster
prohibited
Appomattox Curt House
primary sources
8. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
Gettysburg Adress
gross domestic product
tyranny
9. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
tariff
state's rights
The first shots of the American Revolution
population density
10. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
gross domestic product
Alexander Hamilton
free enterprise economy
popular culture 'pop culture'
11. 'Father of the Constitution'
third amendment
Bill of Rights
James Madison
William Lloyd Garrison
12. Women's rights organizer
grievance
ratify
Civil War
Susan B Anothony
13. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
resolution
federalist
Seperation of Powers
efficiency
14. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
Steel Plow
standard of living
benjamin franklin
civil disobedience
15. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
consumer demand
accusations
Northwest Ordiance
abolition
16. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
William Lloyd Garrison
mercantilism
resolution
President Thomas Jefferson
17. 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
Federalist Papers
Andrew Jackson
Battle of Gettysburg
abolition
18. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
William Lloyd Garrison
Navigation Acts
route
command economy
19. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
federalism
Proclamation of 1763
Cotton Gin
20. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
Northwest Ordiance
absolute monarch
Treaty of Paris of 1763
21. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
censorship
James Monroe
nullification
22. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Mexican Cession
First shot of Civil War
Common Sense
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
23. Is a cruel and unjust government
Steamboat
tyranny
Daniel Webster
amend
24. 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)
free enterprise
tyranny
consumer demand
literacy rate
25. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
President Thomas Jefferson
turmoil
significant
26. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
currency
Fifteenth Amendment
The Great Compromise
significant
27. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
literacy rate
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Bill of Rights
28. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
federalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
suffrage
route
29. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
diplomatic relations
Democracy
provisions
Impeach
30. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
rural
Northwest Ordiance
government bureaucracy
population boom
31. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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32. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
significant
Battle of Saratoga
33. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
rural
Farewell Address
Common Sense
Interchangeable Parts
34. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
efficiency
diversity
Proclamation of 1763
free enterprise economy
35. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
confined
first amendment
Abraham Lincoln
landlocked
36. Widespread hunger within a given region
John C. Calhoun
Steel Plow
famine
distribution
37. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
devastated
direct representation
popular soverignty
Fourteenth Amendment
38. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
economic status
resolution
Battle of Saratoga
checks and balances
39. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
diversity
devastated
draft
The first shots of the American Revolution
40. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
censorship
cottage industry
The first shots of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga
41. Things that you own
antifederalist
Alexander Hamilton
acquire
possessions
42. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
subsistence economy
accusations
secondary sources
Civil War
43. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
infectious disease
landlocked
direct representation
federalism
44. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
population density
infected
Proclamation of 1763
migration
45. Moving from one place to antoher
amend
migration
market economy
economic status
46. Living in a country
censorship
The Great Compromise
draft
rural
47. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Battle of Saratoga
geographical
checks and balances
federalism
48. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
Civil War
benjamin franklin
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
The Declaration of Independence
49. Means to improve by vote
finalcial resources
standard of living
ratify
Thirteenth Amendment
50. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
livstock
Abraham Lincoln
turmoil
prohibited