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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state






2. 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






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


4. Women's rights organizer






5. Short speech given by Abrahman Lincoln to dedicate a cemetry for soliders who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered a profound statement of American ideals. Four score and seven years ago - our fathers....and that governemtn of the peopl






6. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North






7. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties






8. Living in a country






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






10. To withdraw or pull away






11. Changing iron into steal






12. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






13. The state of acting according to law; lawful






14. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power






15. Next to or beside






16. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






17. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece






18. To contaminate or corup






19. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people






20. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another






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






22. Important; of consequence






23. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






24. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government






25. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US






26. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union






27. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended






28. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law






29. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






30. Robert Fulton






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






32. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






33. Moving from one place to antoher






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






35. Realting to an event






36. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington






37. Means to improve by vote






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






39. To be compeletly destroyed






40. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader






41. Is a tax on goods brought into a country






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






43. 'Father of the Constitution'






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






45. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual






46. 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






47. 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






48. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution






49. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US






50. Living in a city