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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 idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
resolution
Seperation of Powers
nullification
Andrew Jackson
2. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
federal
Conord Massachusetts
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Gettysburg Adress
3. Widespread hunger within a given region
Harriet Tubman
Jamestown
famine
cottage industry
4. Leader of the original democratic party and a 'president of the pople' he was also responsbible for the Trail of Tears - which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
acquire
Impeach
Andrew Jackson
migration
5. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
landlocked
Mexican Cession
significant
ninth amendment
6. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
free enterprise
Telegraph
command economy
limited government
7. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
resolution
commader
population growth
civil disobedience
8. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
first amendment
accusations
King George III
third amendment
9. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
significant
checks and balances
Battle of Gettysburg
free enterprise economy
10. Abolished slavery
Marbury vs. Madison
Thirteenth Amendment
Impeach
Henry Clay
11. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Tea Act
nullify
Seperation of Powers
12. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
free enterprise economy
primary sources
Ulysses S grant
population density
13. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
secede
Jamestown
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
militia
14. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
cottage industry
rural
adjacent
diversity
15. Samuel Morse
free enterprise
Telegraph
Alexander Hamilton
William Lloyd Garrison
16. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Tea Act
commercial
Jefferson Davis
federalist
17. 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
migration
The first shots of the American Revolution
civil disobedience
Marbury vs. Madison
18. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
commercial
commader
infectious disease
birthrate
19. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
The Constitution of the United States
accusations
population growth
Susan B Anothony
20. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
textile
Harriet Tubman
resolution
benjamin franklin
21. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
Henry Clay
Susan B Anothony
geographical
22. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Marbury vs. Madison
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Tubman
Navigation Acts
23. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
First shot of Civil War
Cotton Gin
market economy
acquire
24. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
benjamin franklin
provisions
separation of powers
The Great Compromise
25. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
secondary sources
state's rights
Fifteenth Amendment
draft
26. 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
End of the American Revolution
diplomatic relations
mercantilism
Alexander Hamilton
27. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
limited government
Mexican Cession
consumer demand
28. Changing iron into steal
Bessemer Process
Frederick Douglas
significant
Battle of Saratoga
29. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
Battle of Gettysburg
Impeach
harsh
livstock
30. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
End of the American Revolution
Proclamation of 1763
gross domestic product
Emancipation Proclamations
31. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
militia
Civil War
accusations
32. Next to or beside
finalcial resources
Alexander Hamilton
adjacent
President Thomas Jefferson
33. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
secondary sources
President Thomas Jefferson
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
34. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Samuel Adams
Steel Plow
Frederick Douglas
Jamestown
35. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
magna carta
antifederalist
Battle of Gettysburg
first amendment
36. 'Father of the Constitution'
treason
James Madison
secondary sources
confined
37. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
End of the American Revolution
King George III
currency
resolution
38. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Patrick Henry
accusations
Reaper
primary sources
39. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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40. Series of essays written by James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton - defending the Consituion and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
draft
treason
Andrew Jackson
Federalist Papers
41. To contaminate or corup
civil disobedience
Steamboat
infected
command economy
42. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
The Great Compromise
Cotton Gin
censorship
life expectancy
43. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Samuel Adams
nullify
significant
Farewell Address
44. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
mercantilism
amend
magna carta
diversity
45. Having to do with clothing
James Monroe
textile
secondary sources
Mexican Cession
46. 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
tariff
mercantilism
civil disobedience
turmoil
47. Relationships that exsits between governments
infectious disease
sixth amendment
Emancipation Proclamations
diplomatic relations
48. To be compeletly destroyed
ratify
devastated
commader
accusations
49. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
popular soverignty
separation of powers
James Madison
Mayflower Compact
50. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
market economy
first amendment
suffrage
subsistence economy