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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. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
militia
harsh
direct representation
treason
2. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention
cultivation
Seperation of Powers
secede
significant
3. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
prohibited
efficiency
Ulysses S grant
second amendment
4. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
population density
separation of powers
standard of living
Thirteenth Amendment
5. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
confined
direct representation
absolute monarch
separation of powers
6. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
turmoil
Steamboat
James Monroe
7. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
federalism
theocracy
urban
resolution
8. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
third amendment
End of the American Revolution
provisions
resolution
9. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
population growth
third amendment
10. Widespread hunger within a given region
Proclamation of 1763
The Declaration of Independence
famine
standard of living
11. John Deere
James Monroe
Steel Plow
provisions
cultivation
12. 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
significant
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Seperation of Powers
13. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
significant
abolition
treason
benjamin franklin
14. Led to the Boston Tea Party
civil disobedience
possessions
Tea Act
Federalist Papers
15. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
standard of living
Daniel Webster
literacy rate
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
16. Living in a city
urban
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
literacy rate
Patrick Henry
17. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
Bill of Rights
theocracy
prohibited
first amendment
18. Important to a certain event or topic
Frederick Douglas
Tenth Amedment
significant
finalcial resources
19. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
second amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Steel Plow
route
20. To change
amend
autocracy
Navigation Acts
significant
21. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
milestones
John C. Calhoun
crossroads
consumer demand
22. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
standard of living
possessions
harsh
subsistence economy
23. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
possessions
Farewell Address
route
direct representation
24. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
free enterprise economy
diplomatic relations
raw materials
route
25. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
censorship
per capita income
Susan B Anothony
turmoil
26. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
accusations
prospertiy
tyranny
distribution
27. Having to do with clothing
legitmacy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Jefferson
textile
28. 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
Mexican Cession
Gettysburg Adress
Harriet Tubman
acquire
29. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War
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30. The right to vote
The Declaration of Independence
mercantilism
suffrage
third amendment
31. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
free enterprise
limited government
route
mercantilism
32. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
Frederick Douglas
population boom
milestones
adjacent
33. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Conord Massachusetts
magna carta
The Great Compromise
second amendment
34. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
subsistence economy
acquire
literacy rate
King George III
35. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
democratic republic
Gettysburg Adress
censorship
Gibbons vs. Ogden
36. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
Harriet Tubman
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Ulysses S grant
resolution
37. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Navigation Acts
infected
Bill of Rights
Ulysses S grant
38. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
adjacent
provisions
nullify
39. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
landlocked
infectious disease
Mayflower Compact
accusations
40. Means to improve by vote
currency
ratify
prospertiy
Seperation of Powers
41. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
Tea Act
Harriet Tubman
ratify
42. Next to or beside
adjacent
gross domestic product
consumer demand
Democracy
43. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
popular soverignty
Fourteenth Amendment
life expectancy
market economy
44. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
militia
life expectancy
The Declaration of Independence
amendment
45. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
urban
John C. Calhoun
third amendment
Emancipation Proclamations
46. 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
prospertiy
Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
Reaper
47. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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48. 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
cottage industry
Battle of Saratoga
commader
49. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
labor force
John C. Calhoun
King George III
first amendment
50. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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