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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






2. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union






3. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North






4. Sharing the power between the states and the national government






5. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






6. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals






7. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens






8. A point at which an important decision must be made






9. Things that you own






10. Passionate patriot who became fomous for his fiery speeches in favor of American Independence his most famous quote included the worlds 'give me liberty or give me Death.'






11. Is a tax on goods brought into a country






12. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies






13. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect

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14. Samuel Morse






15. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'






16. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills






17. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party






18. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period






19. Compliantes againsts a person or state






20. Eli Whitney






21. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






22. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area






23. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function






24. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons






25. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money






26. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






27. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics






28. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government

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29. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US






30. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides






31. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers






32. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery






33. To change






34. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort






35. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






36. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.






37. Relationships that exsits between governments






38. Next to or beside






39. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government






40. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War






41. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others






42. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state






43. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive






44. 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






45. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader






46. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






47. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War






48. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)






49. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.






50. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies