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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government






2. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War






3. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






4. Important; of consequence






5. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period






6. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons






7. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government






8. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations






9. Things that you own






10. 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






11. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources






12. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France






13. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215






14. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government






15. Changing iron into steal






16. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce






17. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






18. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher






19. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north






20. Living in a country






21. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.






22. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics






23. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state






24. 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






25. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US






26. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others






27. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state






28. Women's rights organizer






29. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






30. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery






31. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals






32. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory






33. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






34. Improtant points in an event






35. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union






36. The Supreme Court decision that rulled that the consitution gave contorl of interstate comerce to the U.S. congress not the individual states trhough whih a route passed






37. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets






38. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865






39. Realting to an event






40. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism






41. A point at which an important decision must be made






42. Relationships that exsits between governments






43. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention






44. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office






45. 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)






46. Having to do with clothing






47. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again






48. The british defeat at Yorktown - Virgina by George Washingtown's troops singaled the end of the american revolution. accepted the surrrender of the main british army under Cronwallis






49. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy






50. 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