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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. Changing iron into steal
Bessemer Process
Conord Massachusetts
Mexican Cession
militia
2. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
economic status
Bill of Rights
militia
Common Sense
3. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
Ulysses S grant
Mayflower Compact
Jamestown
second amendment
4. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
Robert E. Lee
civil disobedience
abolition
efficiency
5. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
Susan B Anothony
first amendment
free enterprise
Samuel Adams
6. Abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
Bessemer Process
diplomatic relations
William Lloyd Garrison
7. Means to improve by vote
ratify
Mexican Cession
magna carta
accusations
8. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
government bureaucracy
migration
diversity
resolution
9. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
Samuel Adams
Impeach
Andrew Jackson
10. 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
Andrew Jackson
ninth amendment
subsistence economy
suffrage
11. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
Fifteenth Amendment
market economy
James Monroe
draft
12. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
Impeach
tyranny
popular soverignty
13. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Reaper
The Constitution of the United States
population boom
rural
14. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
federalism
route
second amendment
Seperation of Powers
15. Widespread hunger within a given region
famine
birthrate
market economy
acquire
16. Important; of consequence
significant
state's rights
migration
Harriet Tubman
17. 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
federalism
Gettysburg Adress
third amendment
significant
18. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
militia
Emancipation Proclamations
ninth amendment
mercantilism
19. 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
The first shots of the American Revolution
secondary sources
primary sources
resolution
20. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
popular culture 'pop culture'
state's rights
The first shots of the American Revolution
adjacent
21. 'Father of the Constitution'
harsh
Marbury vs. Madison
The Great Compromise
James Madison
22. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
gross domestic product
per capita income
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
23. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
prohibited
Navigation Acts
Bessemer Process
textile
24. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
Democracy
Thomas Jefferson
population boom
free enterprise
25. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Tenth Amedment
Farewell Address
Federalist Papers
democratic republic
26. 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
adjacent
Gibbons vs. Ogden
subsistence economy
Northwest Ordiance
27. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Robert E. Lee
gross domestic product
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
resolution
28. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
magna carta
livstock
James Monroe
nullification
29. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
Seperation of Powers
geographical
second amendment
technological advances
30. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
Andrew Jackson
infectious disease
The first shots of the American Revolution
autocracy
31. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
federal
benjamin franklin
prospertiy
Jamestown
32. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
secondary sources
antifederalist
Tenth Amedment
Proclamation of 1763
33. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
free enterprise
turmoil
legitmacy
primary sources
34. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
landlocked
provisions
ratify
infected
35. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
Interchangeable Parts
benjamin franklin
Gibbons vs. Ogden
harsh
36. General of the confederate army
Robert E. Lee
Interchangeable Parts
Abraham Lincoln
Cotton Gin
37. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Steamboat
Civil War
William Lloyd Garrison
draft
38. Realting to an event
John C. Calhoun
diversity
relevant
Gettysburg Adress
39. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
landlocked
export
rural
checks and balances
40. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
diversity
crossroads
Battle of Gettysburg
censorship
41. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
secondary sources
prohibited
Gibbons vs. Ogden
treason
42. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
popular soverignty
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Declaration of Independence
43. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Democracy
labor force
Federalist Papers
absolute monarch
44. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
antifederalist
Bill of Rights
Common Sense
tyranny
45. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
literacy rate
first amendment
foreign policy
per capita income
46. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
accusations
adjacent
standard of living
James Monroe
47. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
diplomatic relations
Henry Clay
Bill of Rights
Ulysses S grant
48. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
secondary sources
democratic republic
First shot of Civil War
turmoil
49. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
50. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
government bureaucracy
birthrate
subsistence economy
free enterprise