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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






2. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power






3. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle






4. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive






5. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect






6. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties






7. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North






8. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






9. 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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10. 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






11. Righst that you can not surrender - sell or transer. they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstatnces be srurredned or taken (life - liberty - happiness)






12. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another






13. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery






14. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel






15. Having to do with clothing






16. Important to a certain event or topic






17. Abolished slavery






18. To withdraw or pull away






19. Original records of an event - they incldue eyewitness reports created at the time of an event speeches - and letters by people involved in the event - photographs and artifacts






20. 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






21. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US






22. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US






23. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended






24. Samuel Morse






25. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources






26. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function






27. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal






28. Important; of consequence






29. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients






30. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union






31. 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






32. To contaminate or corup






33. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






34. Means to improve by vote






35. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition






36. Economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the the Mother Country






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






38. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention






39. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills






40. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory






41. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850






42. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.






43. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War






44. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party






45. The right to vote






46. Next to or beside






47. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies






48. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen






49. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






50. Unable to move or with limited space and operate