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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Cotton Gin
turmoil
livstock
2. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
grievance
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
theocracy
Ulysses S grant
3. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Battle of Gettysburg
autocracy
cultivation
Harriet Tubman
4. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Reaper
federalism
Patrick Henry
King George III
5. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
Common Sense
standard of living
militia
raw materials
6. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
Thomas Jefferson
diversity
Fourteenth Amendment
Conord Massachusetts
7. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Tenth Amedment
Democracy
resolution
8. A point at which an important decision must be made
primary sources
cottage industry
crossroads
labor force
9. Things that you own
possessions
geographical
subsistence economy
censorship
10. 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.'
economic status
Patrick Henry
sixth amendment
checks and balances
11. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
literacy rate
adjacent
tariff
Battle of Saratoga
12. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Alexander Hamilton
Tea Act
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
militia
13. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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14. Samuel Morse
Telegraph
sixth amendment
civil disobedience
provisions
15. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
efficiency
livstock
provisions
Frederick Douglas
16. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
James Madison
currency
Mexican Cession
Thirteenth Amendment
17. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
checks and balances
Andrew Jackson
censorship
abolition
18. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
economic status
Bill of Rights
gross domestic product
Tenth Amedment
19. Compliantes againsts a person or state
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
distribution
Federalist Papers
grievance
20. Eli Whitney
per capita income
popular culture 'pop culture'
standard of living
Interchangeable Parts
21. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
infectious disease
second amendment
Proclamation of 1763
22. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
The Great Compromise
magna carta
geographical
Battle of Saratoga
23. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
consumer demand
state's rights
infected
labor force
24. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
Susan B Anothony
Bessemer Process
draft
route
25. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Marbury vs. Madison
militia
Navigation Acts
resolution
26. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Interchangeable Parts
birthrate
migration
subsistence economy
27. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
market economy
draft
secede
life expectancy
28. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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29. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ninth amendment
devastated
commercial
30. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
abolition
migration
landlocked
ninth amendment
31. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
tariff
amendment
popular culture 'pop culture'
Seperation of Powers
32. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
tyranny
crossroads
checks and balances
33. To change
militia
amend
urban
secondary sources
34. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
subsistence economy
direct representation
efficiency
ratify
35. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
first amendment
economic status
federalism
Harriet Tubman
36. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Fifteenth Amendment
direct representation
Abraham Lincoln
37. Relationships that exsits between governments
free enterprise
Jamestown
command economy
diplomatic relations
38. Next to or beside
democratic republic
nullify
adjacent
The Declaration of Independence
39. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
Farewell Address
Treaty of Paris of 1763
antifederalist
Impeach
40. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
adjacent
geographical
Tenth Amedment
Appomattox Curt House
41. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
tyranny
autocracy
checks and balances
Northwest Ordiance
42. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
democratic republic
Alexander Hamilton
diversity
technological advances
43. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
accusations
birthrate
Democracy
nullification
44. 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
standard of living
Gibbons vs. Ogden
life expectancy
crossroads
45. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
currency
harsh
James Madison
commader
46. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
route
federalist
Common Sense
Jefferson Davis
47. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
urban
John C. Calhoun
William Lloyd Garrison
relevant
48. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
autocracy
Bessemer Process
cultivation
population density
49. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
benjamin franklin
Tenth Amedment
Robert E. Lee
First shot of Civil War
50. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Ulysses S grant
technological advances
King George III
significant