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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. Changing iron into steal
geographical
grievance
confined
Bessemer Process
2. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
government bureaucracy
Gettysburg Adress
Harriet Tubman
Proclamation of 1763
3. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
censorship
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Farewell Address
King George III
4. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
textile
crossroads
federalist
theocracy
5. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
export
literacy rate
tariff
population density
6. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
Samuel Adams
Jamestown
federalism
Impeach
7. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
government bureaucracy
consumer demand
turmoil
tariff
8. Moving from one place to antoher
migration
secondary sources
Conord Massachusetts
The Great Compromise
9. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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10. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
civil disobedience
nullify
birthrate
Battle of Gettysburg
11. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
distribution
resolution
Democracy
Frederick Douglas
12. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
Cotton Gin
ratify
separation of powers
prohibited
13. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Mexican Cession
Harriet Tubman
Civil War
Reaper
14. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Tea Act
life expectancy
First shot of Civil War
gross domestic product
15. Compliantes againsts a person or state
accusations
James Madison
grievance
Conord Massachusetts
16. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
separation of powers
life expectancy
export
17. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
The first shots of the American Revolution
technological advances
18. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
government bureaucracy
theocracy
Reaper
autocracy
19. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
popular culture 'pop culture'
accusations
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Cotton Gin
20. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
possessions
Cotton Gin
popular soverignty
amend
21. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
Susan B Anothony
tariff
per capita income
state's rights
22. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
labor force
consumer demand
Ulysses S grant
gross domestic product
23. Having to do with business
draft
export
commercial
direct representation
24. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
Abraham Lincoln
Fourteenth Amendment
Mexican Cession
25. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
checks and balances
Cotton Gin
federalism
diversity
26. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Tenth Amedment
militia
Farewell Address
Patrick Henry
27. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
adjacent
magna carta
sixth amendment
livstock
28. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
Harriet Tubman
suffrage
migration
29. Important; of consequence
technological advances
significant
William Lloyd Garrison
foreign policy
30. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
significant
second amendment
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
foreign policy
31. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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32. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Mexican Cession
Interchangeable Parts
Thomas Jefferson
Susan B Anothony
33. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
antifederalist
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
standard of living
John C. Calhoun
34. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
foreign policy
Telegraph
Navigation Acts
life expectancy
35. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
government bureaucracy
third amendment
infected
popular soverignty
36. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
famine
Thirteenth Amendment
direct representation
Abraham Lincoln
37. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
King George III
Federalist Papers
popular soverignty
Navigation Acts
38. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ulysses S grant
Frederick Douglas
39. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
prohibited
finalcial resources
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
first amendment
40. 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
Fourteenth Amendment
prospertiy
The Declaration of Independence
export
41. 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
Bessemer Process
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
limited government
42. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
First shot of Civil War
Henry Clay
Samuel Adams
unalienable right
43. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
benjamin franklin
President Thomas Jefferson
Jamestown
Jefferson Davis
44. 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
crossroads
Bill of Rights
End of the American Revolution
subsistence economy
45. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Patrick Henry
nullify
First shot of Civil War
46. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
popular soverignty
End of the American Revolution
economic status
gross domestic product
47. Abolished slavery
First shot of Civil War
The Declaration of Independence
Thirteenth Amendment
popular soverignty
48. The state of acting according to law; lawful
Impeach
legitmacy
popular culture 'pop culture'
federalism
49. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
separation of powers
Thirteenth Amendment
amend
50. Widespread hunger within a given region
per capita income
cottage industry
famine
crossroads