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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
Patrick Henry
democratic republic
limited government
2. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
theocracy
The Constitution of the United States
foreign policy
Proclamation of 1763
3. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
first amendment
Democracy
devastated
Tea Act
4. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
population boom
Cotton Gin
command economy
Telegraph
5. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Samuel Adams
Marbury vs. Madison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglas
6. Series of essays written by James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton - defending the Consituion and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
Federalist Papers
tariff
Thirteenth Amendment
antifederalist
7. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
gross domestic product
Interchangeable Parts
limited government
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
8. Relationships that exsits between governments
birthrate
prohibited
civil disobedience
diplomatic relations
9. 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
absolute monarch
Andrew Jackson
Treaty of Paris of 1763
King George III
10. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Civil War
Common Sense
prohibited
civil disobedience
11. The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constituion it set up the principle of Judical Review
censorship
Bessemer Process
Marbury vs. Madison
ratify
12. Robert Fulton
nullification
Tenth Amedment
primary sources
Steamboat
13. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Seperation of Powers
federalism
Judicial Review
Henry Clay
14. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Fifteenth Amendment
The Constitution of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
absolute monarch
15. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Thomas Jefferson
nullification
Judicial Review
raw materials
16. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
unalienable right
third amendment
amendment
17. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
benjamin franklin
abolition
18. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
finalcial resources
Jefferson Davis
relevant
tyranny
19. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
migration
separation of powers
amendment
economic status
20. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
economic status
free enterprise economy
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
infectious disease
21. 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
primary sources
tyranny
commader
James Monroe
22. To change
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
unalienable right
Harriet Tubman
amend
23. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
livstock
consumer demand
Battle of Saratoga
relevant
24. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Abraham Lincoln
Fourteenth Amendment
commader
Bill of Rights
25. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
landlocked
John C. Calhoun
Reaper
Tea Act
26. 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
free enterprise economy
Northwest Ordiance
Jamestown
John C. Calhoun
27. 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
state's rights
magna carta
mercantilism
free enterprise economy
28. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
raw materials
popular soverignty
Battle of Gettysburg
Bessemer Process
29. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
commercial
Conord Massachusetts
population density
draft
30. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
gross domestic product
absolute monarch
per capita income
31. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
livstock
John C. Calhoun
commader
Navigation Acts
32. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
Thomas Jefferson
draft
landlocked
33. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
ninth amendment
command economy
The Declaration of Independence
government bureaucracy
34. 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.
sixth amendment
Farewell Address
tyranny
Harriet Tubman
35. Having to do with clothing
landlocked
Jefferson Davis
Henry Clay
textile
36. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
grievance
suffrage
per capita income
Democracy
37. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
Jefferson Davis
ninth amendment
Ulysses S grant
Farewell Address
38. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
infectious disease
Appomattox Curt House
Steamboat
James Monroe
39. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
distribution
command economy
ninth amendment
Interchangeable Parts
40. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
cottage industry
infected
federal
currency
41. Samuel Morse
accusations
Thirteenth Amendment
Telegraph
King George III
42. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
Northwest Ordiance
federalism
Mayflower Compact
treason
43. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
suffrage
Fourteenth Amendment
geographical
market economy
44. Next to or beside
urban
Mayflower Compact
adjacent
finalcial resources
45. 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
censorship
The Declaration of Independence
subsistence economy
Samuel Adams
46. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Alexander Hamilton
magna carta
Fifteenth Amendment
state's rights
47. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Navigation Acts
draft
harsh
48. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
finalcial resources
antifederalist
Daniel Webster
foreign policy
49. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
accusations
Bessemer Process
diversity
democratic republic
50. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Reaper
federalist
distribution
militia