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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. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
currency
tyranny
provisions
resolution
2. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Reaper
autocracy
per capita income
Interchangeable Parts
3. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
currency
finalcial resources
possessions
Thirteenth Amendment
4. 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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5. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
Samuel Adams
migration
Judicial Review
ratify
6. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
possessions
population boom
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Battle of Saratoga
7. 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
Seperation of Powers
Conord Massachusetts
Farewell Address
Gibbons vs. Ogden
8. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
distribution
turmoil
commader
resolution
9. Moving from one place to antoher
The Great Compromise
migration
Samuel Adams
Treaty of Paris of 1763
10. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
prohibited
theocracy
militia
diversity
11. 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
rural
The Declaration of Independence
infectious disease
treason
12. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
civil disobedience
turmoil
First shot of Civil War
treason
13. 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)
Farewell Address
life expectancy
currency
unalienable right
14. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
Marbury vs. Madison
sixth amendment
antifederalist
benjamin franklin
15. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
President Thomas Jefferson
Frederick Douglas
technological advances
Seperation of Powers
16. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Marbury vs. Madison
absolute monarch
federal
finalcial resources
17. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
popular culture 'pop culture'
abolition
efficiency
Gettysburg Adress
18. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
limited government
ninth amendment
Common Sense
direct representation
19. 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.
turmoil
sixth amendment
Proclamation of 1763
population density
20. John Deere
Alexander Hamilton
state's rights
population boom
Steel Plow
21. Means to improve by vote
John C. Calhoun
The first shots of the American Revolution
ratify
magna carta
22. Important; of consequence
rural
significant
tariff
diversity
23. 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
Marbury vs. Madison
draft
relevant
export
24. Things that you own
third amendment
possessions
End of the American Revolution
draft
25. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
Fifteenth Amendment
Susan B Anothony
commader
Samuel Adams
26. Compliantes againsts a person or state
nullification
grievance
Daniel Webster
Patrick Henry
27. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Abraham Lincoln
devastated
King George III
export
28. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
possessions
federalist
Northwest Ordiance
democratic republic
29. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
population boom
command economy
cultivation
popular soverignty
30. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
ratify
gross domestic product
Telegraph
31. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
Common Sense
confined
popular soverignty
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
32. Realting to an event
Marbury vs. Madison
tyranny
relevant
federalism
33. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
federal
third amendment
infected
first amendment
34. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
diversity
Thomas Jefferson
famine
autocracy
35. A point at which an important decision must be made
diversity
treason
crossroads
draft
36. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
acquire
subsistence economy
currency
federalism
37. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
The Great Compromise
draft
secede
absolute monarch
38. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
antifederalist
federal
economic status
John C. Calhoun
39. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
birthrate
ninth amendment
checks and balances
subsistence economy
40. To withdraw or pull away
secede
President Thomas Jefferson
federalist
acquire
41. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
relevant
standard of living
first amendment
civil disobedience
42. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
government bureaucracy
urban
absolute monarch
Bill of Rights
43. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
rural
Battle of Gettysburg
Seperation of Powers
Mexican Cession
44. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
King George III
standard of living
life expectancy
foreign policy
45. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
Susan B Anothony
federal
adjacent
free enterprise
46. Having to do with clothing
federal
The Declaration of Independence
birthrate
textile
47. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
First shot of Civil War
President Thomas Jefferson
Thirteenth Amendment
devastated
48. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
suffrage
Abraham Lincoln
harsh
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
49. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
nullify
first amendment
finalcial resources
third amendment
50. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
devastated
resolution
Susan B Anothony
Harrlet Beecher Stowe