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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. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
Tea Act
grievance
distribution
John C. Calhoun
2. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
direct representation
First shot of Civil War
market economy
magna carta
3. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
federalism
theocracy
The Declaration of Independence
civil disobedience
4. To change
grievance
second amendment
amend
Harriet Tubman
5. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
Proclamation of 1763
currency
commader
magna carta
6. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
nullification
abolition
tariff
William Lloyd Garrison
7. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Daniel Webster
Bill of Rights
benjamin franklin
The Constitution of the United States
8. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
amend
subsistence economy
theocracy
James Monroe
9. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
abolition
Conord Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
antifederalist
10. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
diplomatic relations
Jamestown
11. 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
currency
third amendment
mercantilism
Bessemer Process
12. Living in a country
Thomas Jefferson
rural
secondary sources
tariff
13. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
urban
Civil War
confined
limited government
14. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
significant
birthrate
first amendment
Mayflower Compact
15. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
ratify
draft
Cotton Gin
mercantilism
16. 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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17. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
James Monroe
provisions
technological advances
The Declaration of Independence
18. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
The Declaration of Independence
benjamin franklin
acquire
population density
19. Important to a certain event or topic
provisions
free enterprise
significant
Cotton Gin
20. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
cottage industry
turmoil
prohibited
Navigation Acts
21. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
diversity
secede
Steel Plow
censorship
22. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
President Thomas Jefferson
Thirteenth Amendment
ninth amendment
King George III
23. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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24. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
state's rights
democratic republic
James Madison
livstock
25. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
federalism
harsh
Northwest Ordiance
significant
26. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
possessions
The first shots of the American Revolution
relevant
first amendment
27. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
Common Sense
cottage industry
Federalist Papers
amend
28. Means to improve by vote
ratify
significant
primary sources
crossroads
29. General of the confederate army
route
Robert E. Lee
government bureaucracy
John C. Calhoun
30. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
prohibited
Emancipation Proclamations
Robert E. Lee
labor force
31. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Farewell Address
Fifteenth Amendment
grievance
Thirteenth Amendment
32. 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
legitmacy
Treaty of Paris of 1763
life expectancy
Federalist Papers
33. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
literacy rate
commader
livstock
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
34. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
per capita income
infected
finalcial resources
35. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
treason
The first shots of the American Revolution
autocracy
Jamestown
36. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Ulysses S grant
popular soverignty
Democracy
37. Realting to an event
Susan B Anothony
possessions
Treaty of Paris of 1763
relevant
38. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
acquire
Alexander Hamilton
Thirteenth Amendment
export
39. Is a cruel and unjust government
tyranny
tariff
Gettysburg Adress
acquire
40. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
Cotton Gin
William Lloyd Garrison
Gibbons vs. Ogden
amend
41. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
export
nullify
The first shots of the American Revolution
amendment
42. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Tea Act
Mexican Cession
Bessemer Process
devastated
43. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
absolute monarch
Robert E. Lee
magna carta
44. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
state's rights
Seperation of Powers
life expectancy
Henry Clay
45. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
free enterprise economy
Steel Plow
subsistence economy
ratify
46. To withdraw or pull away
President Thomas Jefferson
absolute monarch
Impeach
secede
47. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
Robert E. Lee
population boom
confined
foreign policy
48. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
limited government
currency
turmoil
49. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
infected
literacy rate
diplomatic relations
efficiency
50. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
secondary sources
provisions
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Democracy