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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
milestones
distribution
Abraham Lincoln
Bessemer Process
2. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
3. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Frederick Douglas
Battle of Saratoga
raw materials
Farewell Address
4. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Bessemer Process
Jamestown
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
provisions
5. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
consumer demand
direct representation
First shot of Civil War
6. Means to improve by vote
route
Patrick Henry
The Constitution of the United States
ratify
7. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Harriet Tubman
Seperation of Powers
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Battle of Saratoga
8. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
cottage industry
Thirteenth Amendment
mercantilism
literacy rate
9. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
second amendment
raw materials
sixth amendment
Susan B Anothony
10. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
distribution
adjacent
Fifteenth Amendment
Andrew Jackson
11. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
antifederalist
infectious disease
federal
turmoil
12. 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
13. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
infectious disease
Henry Clay
commader
nullify
14. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
Telegraph
third amendment
ratify
15. Having to do with business
commercial
first amendment
Jamestown
efficiency
16. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
abolition
consumer demand
livstock
Steel Plow
17. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Democracy
textile
economic status
King George III
18. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
urban
draft
federalist
Battle of Saratoga
19. 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
James Monroe
Reaper
Navigation Acts
Northwest Ordiance
20. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
President Thomas Jefferson
third amendment
The first shots of the American Revolution
Battle of Gettysburg
21. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Battle of Gettysburg
Thirteenth Amendment
prospertiy
diplomatic relations
22. 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
significant
Alexander Hamilton
James Monroe
confined
23. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
significant
Mayflower Compact
Steel Plow
William Lloyd Garrison
24. 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';
technological advances
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
population growth
The Constitution of the United States
25. 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)
consumer demand
Steamboat
birthrate
federal
26. Relationships that exsits between governments
mercantilism
amend
first amendment
diplomatic relations
27. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalism
Gibbons vs. Ogden
limited government
Susan B Anothony
28. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
Susan B Anothony
per capita income
cottage industry
29. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
secede
draft
federal
Proclamation of 1763
30. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
Jamestown
raw materials
labor force
democratic republic
31. The right to vote
civil disobedience
suffrage
antifederalist
Gettysburg Adress
32. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
currency
Jefferson Davis
urban
provisions
33. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
tariff
consumer demand
Federalist Papers
efficiency
34. To be compeletly destroyed
Andrew Jackson
devastated
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Harriet Tubman
35. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
currency
federalist
economic status
Common Sense
36. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Navigation Acts
literacy rate
Bill of Rights
Fifteenth Amendment
37. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
devastated
Cotton Gin
significant
livstock
38. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Thomas Jefferson
Common Sense
Tea Act
sixth amendment
39. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
harsh
Northwest Ordiance
commercial
40. 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
Treaty of Paris of 1763
second amendment
King George III
End of the American Revolution
41. Is a cruel and unjust government
urban
tyranny
rural
absolute monarch
42. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
population density
population growth
Robert E. Lee
43. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
efficiency
diplomatic relations
popular soverignty
44. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
finalcial resources
amendment
Common Sense
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
45. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
consumer demand
currency
per capita income
46. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
unalienable right
John C. Calhoun
Bill of Rights
commader
47. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Abraham Lincoln
sixth amendment
population growth
command economy
48. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
adjacent
market economy
censorship
free enterprise economy
49. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
population density
efficiency
prospertiy
King George III
50. 'Father of the Constitution'
James Madison
magna carta
possessions
Seperation of Powers