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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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1. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance






2. 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






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






4. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






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






6. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina






7. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended






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






9. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief






10. Means to improve by vote






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






12. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation






13. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






14. Things that you own






15. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again






16. Samuel Morse






17. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce






18. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference






19. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






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






21. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism






22. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state






23. Led to the Boston Tea Party






24. Sharing the power between the states and the national government






25. John Deere






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






27. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union






28. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians






29. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others






30. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government






31. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'






32. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.






33. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual






34. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






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






36. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington






37. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet






38. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money






39. The right to vote






40. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government






41. Important; of consequence






42. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes






43. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period






44. 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






45. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






46. 'Father of the Constitution'






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






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






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






50. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War