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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. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
secondary sources
Henry Clay
standard of living
autocracy
2. Eli Whitney
Interchangeable Parts
cottage industry
unalienable right
resolution
3. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Steamboat
life expectancy
accusations
absolute monarch
4. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
resolution
Marbury vs. Madison
third amendment
First shot of Civil War
5. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
draft
state's rights
Patrick Henry
6. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
draft
democratic republic
landlocked
Jefferson Davis
7. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Fourteenth Amendment
Samuel Adams
literacy rate
Gibbons vs. Ogden
8. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
Andrew Jackson
route
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Reaper
9. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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10. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
population boom
Emancipation Proclamations
Navigation Acts
11. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
popular soverignty
commader
harsh
Tenth Amedment
12. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
adjacent
Conord Massachusetts
federalist
nullify
13. Changing iron into steal
famine
Bessemer Process
nullify
amendment
14. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
direct representation
Gettysburg Adress
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Ulysses S grant
15. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Susan B Anothony
democratic republic
16. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Civil War
direct representation
federalism
17. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
diversity
standard of living
Bessemer Process
confined
18. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
mercantilism
William Lloyd Garrison
Reaper
crossroads
19. An act of the Second Continental Congress - adopted on July 4 - 1776 - which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were 'Free and Independent States' and that 'all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain - is a
economic status
turmoil
The Declaration of Independence
King George III
20. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
life expectancy
state's rights
sixth amendment
21. General of the confederate army
efficiency
life expectancy
antifederalist
Robert E. Lee
22. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
unalienable right
Cotton Gin
prospertiy
23. 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
Steamboat
End of the American Revolution
standard of living
Fourteenth Amendment
24. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
secondary sources
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
abolition
25. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
censorship
technological advances
Gettysburg Adress
Steel Plow
26. 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
infectious disease
Judicial Review
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
27. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
accusations
first amendment
geographical
resolution
28. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
Steamboat
John C. Calhoun
James Monroe
first amendment
29. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
infectious disease
Northwest Ordiance
infected
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
30. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Emancipation Proclamations
Mayflower Compact
turmoil
Fourteenth Amendment
31. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
devastated
confined
King George III
James Monroe
32. The right to vote
suffrage
acquire
Conord Massachusetts
James Monroe
33. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
Battle of Saratoga
legitmacy
currency
command economy
34. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
Bill of Rights
government bureaucracy
Telegraph
grievance
35. Important; of consequence
amend
significant
draft
commader
36. Compliantes againsts a person or state
secede
rural
accusations
grievance
37. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Conord Massachusetts
Frederick Douglas
rural
cultivation
38. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Civil War
amendment
federal
Samuel Adams
39. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
grievance
Harriet Tubman
Farewell Address
Judicial Review
40. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Patrick Henry
Jefferson Davis
Seperation of Powers
rural
41. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
gross domestic product
The first shots of the American Revolution
Fifteenth Amendment
sixth amendment
42. Relationships that exsits between governments
draft
militia
diplomatic relations
Conord Massachusetts
43. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Marbury vs. Madison
free enterprise
accusations
nullification
44. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
abolition
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Tea Act
King George III
45. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Democracy
distribution
Battle of Saratoga
draft
46. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
federalism
famine
birthrate
Common Sense
47. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
amendment
direct representation
limited government
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
48. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
ratify
milestones
Northwest Ordiance
Emancipation Proclamations
49. 'Father of the Constitution'
James Madison
tyranny
Marbury vs. Madison
significant
50. 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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