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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. 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
James Madison
Common Sense
Emancipation Proclamations
Marbury vs. Madison
2. Relationships that exsits between governments
harsh
Federalist Papers
population boom
diplomatic relations
3. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
King George III
Daniel Webster
Robert E. Lee
nullification
4. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Mayflower Compact
state's rights
Farewell Address
milestones
5. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
free enterprise economy
Impeach
infected
Federalist Papers
6. Improtant points in an event
William Lloyd Garrison
milestones
Tea Act
Mexican Cession
7. Things that you own
cultivation
possessions
James Monroe
magna carta
8. Important; of consequence
limited government
population boom
significant
Gibbons vs. Ogden
9. Widespread hunger within a given region
famine
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Daniel Webster
Democracy
10. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
free enterprise economy
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Adams
significant
11. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
migration
Telegraph
Jefferson Davis
Navigation Acts
12. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
provisions
Frederick Douglas
federalism
birthrate
13. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
amendment
economic status
democratic republic
Steel Plow
14. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Ulysses S grant
William Lloyd Garrison
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Adress
15. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
possessions
secede
absolute monarch
economic status
16. Leader of the Federalist - first Treasurer of the US creator of the Bank of the U.S. killed in a duel by the Vice President of the US Aaron Burr
militia
literacy rate
birthrate
Alexander Hamilton
17. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
Common Sense
Appomattox Curt House
accusations
Navigation Acts
18. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
milestones
First shot of Civil War
relevant
efficiency
19. Samuel Morse
Telegraph
raw materials
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
first amendment
20. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
prospertiy
Jefferson Davis
rural
Mayflower Compact
21. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
militia
route
market economy
Proclamation of 1763
22. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
The first shots of the American Revolution
Federalist Papers
harsh
23. To be compeletly destroyed
suffrage
James Madison
devastated
mercantilism
24. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
The Constitution of the United States
population density
devastated
diversity
25. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
End of the American Revolution
third amendment
Abraham Lincoln
federalist
26. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
raw materials
27. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
relevant
antifederalist
population density
famine
28. 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
federal
literacy rate
efficiency
Andrew Jackson
29. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
autocracy
militia
diversity
ratify
30. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
significant
federalist
Samuel Adams
popular soverignty
31. Passionate patriot who became fomous for his fiery speeches in favor of American Independence his most famous quote included the worlds 'give me liberty or give me Death.'
Patrick Henry
possessions
Bill of Rights
Harriet Tubman
32. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
prospertiy
geographical
33. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
Northwest Ordiance
Bessemer Process
federalism
34. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
literacy rate
labor force
Frederick Douglas
Andrew Jackson
35. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Federalist Papers
Democracy
Mexican Cession
Bessemer Process
36. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Andrew Jackson
life expectancy
cottage industry
Daniel Webster
37. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
James Madison
Patrick Henry
nullify
Susan B Anothony
38. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Jamestown
life expectancy
Bessemer Process
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
39. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
harsh
per capita income
Proclamation of 1763
civil disobedience
40. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
James Madison
Seperation of Powers
urban
first amendment
41. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Reaper
Mexican Cession
crossroads
gross domestic product
42. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
benjamin franklin
textile
treason
federal
43. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
devastated
economic status
unalienable right
44. 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
Alexander Hamilton
Northwest Ordiance
First shot of Civil War
Thirteenth Amendment
45. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
landlocked
Battle of Saratoga
accusations
Battle of Gettysburg
46. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
nullification
limited government
Democracy
Appomattox Curt House
47. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
per capita income
direct representation
ratify
48. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
Appomattox Curt House
Proclamation of 1763
first amendment
literacy rate
49. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
possessions
population growth
James Monroe
50. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
currency
subsistence economy
migration
Gibbons vs. Ogden