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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
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1. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms






2. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France






3. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties






4. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition






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






6. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group






7. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865






8. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy






9. 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






10. Important to a certain event or topic






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






12. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina






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






14. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






15. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home






16. To promote or improve the growth of (a plant - crop - etc.) by labor and attention






17. Changing iron into steal






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






19. The right to vote






20. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher






21. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian






22. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief






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






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






25. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation






26. Is a tax on goods brought into a country






27. 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.






28. To change






29. Widespread hunger within a given region






30. 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






31. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet






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






33. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






34. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance






35. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority






36. Eli Whitney






37. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another






38. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen






39. The british defeat at Yorktown - Virgina by George Washingtown's troops singaled the end of the american revolution. accepted the surrrender of the main british army under Cronwallis






40. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






41. 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)






42. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature






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






44. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle






45. Compliantes againsts a person or state






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






47. Improtant points in an event






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






49. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual






50. Living in a city







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