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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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1. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
diplomatic relations
Battle of Saratoga
2. 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
crossroads
Gettysburg Adress
James Monroe
The Declaration of Independence
3. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
amendment
checks and balances
William Lloyd Garrison
life expectancy
4. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
command economy
prohibited
absolute monarch
Jamestown
5. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
foreign policy
The Constitution of the United States
secondary sources
third amendment
6. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
livstock
amend
acquire
infected
7. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
Common Sense
Thomas Jefferson
confined
prohibited
8. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
significant
William Lloyd Garrison
population density
amend
9. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
William Lloyd Garrison
infectious disease
Impeach
provisions
10. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
Battle of Saratoga
literacy rate
finalcial resources
Emancipation Proclamations
11. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
federal
censorship
suffrage
Cotton Gin
12. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Conord Massachusetts
Battle of Gettysburg
democratic republic
milestones
13. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
diplomatic relations
Tea Act
Navigation Acts
geographical
14. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
possessions
checks and balances
Judicial Review
popular soverignty
15. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
secede
militia
Gibbons vs. Ogden
16. Having to do with clothing
infectious disease
textile
population density
legitmacy
17. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
theocracy
secondary sources
route
censorship
18. To contaminate or corup
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
first amendment
infected
19. 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
Northwest Ordiance
grievance
unalienable right
harsh
20. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
Henry Clay
subsistence economy
Democracy
popular soverignty
21. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
magna carta
The first shots of the American Revolution
Seperation of Powers
22. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federalism
The Declaration of Independence
Ulysses S grant
Farewell Address
23. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
popular soverignty
milestones
currency
infected
24. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
The first shots of the American Revolution
turmoil
Samuel Adams
legitmacy
25. Important to a certain event or topic
crossroads
nullification
free enterprise
significant
26. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
currency
population boom
consumer demand
prohibited
27. Means to improve by vote
Navigation Acts
Federalist Papers
ratify
export
28. Widespread hunger within a given region
first amendment
famine
James Monroe
livstock
29. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
Bill of Rights
cultivation
Navigation Acts
Frederick Douglas
30. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
Daniel Webster
treason
Navigation Acts
31. To withdraw or pull away
Seperation of Powers
devastated
secede
Reaper
32. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
rural
export
Navigation Acts
economic status
33. 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
adjacent
landlocked
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Ulysses S grant
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.
Steamboat
sixth amendment
Seperation of Powers
birthrate
35. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
theocracy
Henry Clay
Conord Massachusetts
The Declaration of Independence
36. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
Appomattox Curt House
rural
Tea Act
37. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
End of the American Revolution
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
diversity
38. Living in a city
free enterprise
per capita income
urban
draft
39. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
population density
federalist
Emancipation Proclamations
40. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
birthrate
livstock
secede
distribution
41. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
militia
Henry Clay
William Lloyd Garrison
population growth
42. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
The first shots of the American Revolution
first amendment
rural
Proclamation of 1763
43. John Deere
censorship
Frederick Douglas
free enterprise
Steel Plow
44. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
absolute monarch
amendment
45. To change
life expectancy
Henry Clay
First shot of Civil War
amend
46. 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
Patrick Henry
market economy
Daniel Webster
Marbury vs. Madison
47. Improtant points in an event
secede
state's rights
market economy
milestones
48. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
labor force
Steel Plow
Democracy
ratify
49. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
Frederick Douglas
diplomatic relations
Mayflower Compact
50. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
acquire
Bill of Rights
James Madison
population density
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