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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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1. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
urban
accusations
Appomattox Curt House
Farewell Address
2. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
democratic republic
Frederick Douglas
Mexican Cession
3. 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
mercantilism
limited government
President Thomas Jefferson
Telegraph
4. Moving from one place to antoher
migration
nullify
theocracy
standard of living
5. Living in a city
Thirteenth Amendment
raw materials
urban
Henry Clay
6. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
amend
confined
unalienable right
cottage industry
7. 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)
unalienable right
Andrew Jackson
labor force
militia
8. 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
theocracy
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Bill of Rights
Fifteenth Amendment
9. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
nullification
popular soverignty
Battle of Saratoga
Susan B Anothony
10. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
significant
rural
popular soverignty
secondary sources
11. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Fourteenth Amendment
Common Sense
abolition
federalism
12. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
popular soverignty
harsh
William Lloyd Garrison
second amendment
13. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
ninth amendment
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
economic status
relevant
14. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
nullification
Bill of Rights
James Monroe
secondary sources
15. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster
significant
tariff
16. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
magna carta
unalienable right
Daniel Webster
17. Is a cruel and unjust government
tyranny
cultivation
Jamestown
possessions
18. Means to improve by vote
ratify
technological advances
Impeach
The first shots of the American Revolution
19. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
livstock
primary sources
technological advances
Cotton Gin
20. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Thomas Jefferson
magna carta
Robert E. Lee
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
21. Led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
separation of powers
antifederalist
direct representation
22. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
confined
First shot of Civil War
separation of powers
James Monroe
23. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
free enterprise
President Thomas Jefferson
market economy
Daniel Webster
24. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Cotton Gin
William Lloyd Garrison
first amendment
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
25. 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
Gettysburg Adress
nullify
grievance
finalcial resources
26. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
ratify
The Great Compromise
significant
27. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
commercial
famine
currency
Samuel Adams
28. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
accusations
Gibbons vs. Ogden
King George III
first amendment
29. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Proclamation of 1763
popular soverignty
Seperation of Powers
devastated
30. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Reaper
Democracy
command economy
Common Sense
31. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
Andrew Jackson
population growth
treason
cottage industry
32. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
amendment
James Madison
civil disobedience
Andrew Jackson
33. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
grievance
abolition
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
34. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Daniel Webster
Emancipation Proclamations
democratic republic
Steel Plow
35. Abolished slavery
John C. Calhoun
command economy
infectious disease
Thirteenth Amendment
36. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
standard of living
provisions
Seperation of Powers
37. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
magna carta
antifederalist
route
finalcial resources
38. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
significant
sixth amendment
King George III
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
39. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
resolution
federalist
population density
population boom
40. Realting to an event
relevant
Appomattox Curt House
The first shots of the American Revolution
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
41. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
Battle of Gettysburg
government bureaucracy
command economy
free enterprise
42. Things that you own
adjacent
Susan B Anothony
direct representation
possessions
43. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
literacy rate
third amendment
diversity
technological advances
44. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
first amendment
nullification
mercantilism
checks and balances
45. General of the confederate army
export
free enterprise economy
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Jackson
46. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
theocracy
Abraham Lincoln
antifederalist
47. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
James Monroe
Fifteenth Amendment
sixth amendment
free enterprise
48. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
accusations
Abraham Lincoln
economic status
Bessemer Process
49. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
Andrew Jackson
labor force
Judicial Review
prohibited
50. 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
prospertiy
acquire
primary sources
Alexander Hamilton
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