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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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1. 'Father of the Constitution'
Samuel Adams
James Madison
autocracy
Telegraph
2. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
John C. Calhoun
Fifteenth Amendment
subsistence economy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
3. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
prospertiy
free enterprise economy
secondary sources
John C. Calhoun
4. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
Daniel Webster
Samuel Adams
The Declaration of Independence
Proclamation of 1763
5. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
population growth
amendment
grievance
Bill of Rights
6. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
labor force
second amendment
Andrew Jackson
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
7. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
The first shots of the American Revolution
Harriet Tubman
accusations
devastated
8. 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
population boom
currency
limited government
9. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Battle of Gettysburg
per capita income
federalist
direct representation
10. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
free enterprise economy
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
democratic republic
export
11. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Tea Act
milestones
Jefferson Davis
raw materials
12. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
second amendment
Cotton Gin
cottage industry
Battle of Gettysburg
13. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
Impeach
labor force
Conord Massachusetts
Jamestown
14. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
significant
resolution
infectious disease
Jefferson Davis
15. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
migration
literacy rate
James Monroe
standard of living
16. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
legitmacy
resolution
abolition
Reaper
17. 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)
secede
John C. Calhoun
consumer demand
The Constitution of the United States
18. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
censorship
James Monroe
unalienable right
democratic republic
19. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
Interchangeable Parts
limited government
turmoil
Common Sense
20. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
raw materials
amend
tariff
absolute monarch
21. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Interchangeable Parts
nullify
Fourteenth Amendment
livstock
22. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
currency
End of the American Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
confined
23. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
economic status
third amendment
nullify
life expectancy
24. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
free enterprise economy
subsistence economy
Alexander Hamilton
consumer demand
25. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
infectious disease
confined
federalism
raw materials
26. 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
Gettysburg Adress
theocracy
abolition
Susan B Anothony
27. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
Gettysburg Adress
Ulysses S grant
gross domestic product
ninth amendment
28. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
autocracy
Interchangeable Parts
birthrate
29. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
provisions
Tea Act
geographical
confined
30. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
federalism
democratic republic
Daniel Webster
31. 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
Alexander Hamilton
End of the American Revolution
Samuel Adams
federalism
32. 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
primary sources
Robert E. Lee
Harriet Tubman
33. 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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34. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
diversity
federalism
Battle of Saratoga
prohibited
35. 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
rural
ninth amendment
devastated
36. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
Civil War
draft
Judicial Review
37. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
free enterprise economy
government bureaucracy
market economy
Tenth Amedment
38. Having to do with business
harsh
commercial
Seperation of Powers
nullification
39. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
amend
ratify
direct representation
consumer demand
40. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Mayflower Compact
consumer demand
tyranny
democratic republic
41. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Reaper
End of the American Revolution
limited government
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
42. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
Samuel Adams
limited government
Bill of Rights
diversity
43. Living in a city
Reaper
prospertiy
urban
grievance
44. 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
magna carta
standard of living
Federalist Papers
significant
45. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
technological advances
third amendment
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
The first shots of the American Revolution
46. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
Jefferson Davis
democratic republic
Cotton Gin
47. 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
Interchangeable Parts
sixth amendment
Alexander Hamilton
confined
48. 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
secede
livstock
Tenth Amedment
Andrew Jackson
49. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
nullify
Telegraph
Treaty of Paris of 1763
first amendment
50. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
second amendment
life expectancy
federalism
Treaty of Paris of 1763
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