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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. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
textile
Daniel Webster
harsh
King George III
2. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
ratify
Seperation of Powers
Patrick Henry
literacy rate
3. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
First shot of Civil War
diversity
efficiency
federalism
4. 'Father of the Constitution'
literacy rate
James Madison
federalist
resolution
5. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
per capita income
limited government
Henry Clay
The first shots of the American Revolution
6. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
The Constitution of the United States
Robert E. Lee
Common Sense
distribution
7. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
First shot of Civil War
Common Sense
possessions
Henry Clay
8. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
King George III
government bureaucracy
economic status
Frederick Douglas
9. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
accusations
gross domestic product
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Emancipation Proclamations
10. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
limited government
absolute monarch
resolution
free enterprise economy
11. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
sixth amendment
infectious disease
life expectancy
12. Widespread hunger within a given region
Henry Clay
economic status
famine
standard of living
13. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
Tenth Amedment
popular culture 'pop culture'
democratic republic
state's rights
14. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
infectious disease
amend
command economy
Thirteenth Amendment
15. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
possessions
Samuel Adams
first amendment
16. 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
adjacent
Gettysburg Adress
benjamin franklin
life expectancy
17. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
Patrick Henry
James Monroe
raw materials
benjamin franklin
18. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
popular culture 'pop culture'
federal
livstock
19. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
birthrate
migration
William Lloyd Garrison
Bill of Rights
20. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
relevant
finalcial resources
second amendment
21. 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.
significant
Patrick Henry
Mayflower Compact
geographical
22. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
treason
absolute monarch
Interchangeable Parts
popular soverignty
23. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
devastated
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
efficiency
population density
24. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
magna carta
market economy
provisions
Steamboat
25. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
abolition
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
economic status
26. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Civil War
accusations
Ulysses S grant
Reaper
27. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
separation of powers
The first shots of the American Revolution
tariff
28. 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
Emancipation Proclamations
economic status
Gibbons vs. Ogden
accusations
29. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
state's rights
Emancipation Proclamations
abolition
30. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Interchangeable Parts
diversity
Jamestown
primary sources
31. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Fifteenth Amendment
Harriet Tubman
Conord Massachusetts
technological advances
32. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
ratify
federalism
population growth
second amendment
33. To contaminate or corup
federalism
currency
Steel Plow
infected
34. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
ninth amendment
secede
amendment
separation of powers
35. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
Reaper
magna carta
separation of powers
prohibited
36. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
significant
antifederalist
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Cotton Gin
37. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
federalism
Steamboat
James Monroe
38. The right to vote
migration
suffrage
Appomattox Curt House
Marbury vs. Madison
39. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
Susan B Anothony
Battle of Saratoga
technological advances
40. The supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted on September 17 - 1787 - by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - and later ratified by conventions in each state in the name of 'the People';
population density
The Constitution of the United States
currency
Democracy
41. Having to do with business
confined
significant
commercial
market economy
42. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
federalist
federalism
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Interchangeable Parts
43. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
federalist
antifederalist
market economy
William Lloyd Garrison
44. To withdraw or pull away
cultivation
secede
accusations
legitmacy
45. 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
amendment
economic status
Federalist Papers
suffrage
46. 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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47. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
state's rights
Emancipation Proclamations
turmoil
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
48. Means to improve by vote
William Lloyd Garrison
ninth amendment
ratify
Andrew Jackson
49. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
efficiency
Bessemer Process
Telegraph
50. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
harsh
separation of powers
consumer demand
Steamboat