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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. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
first amendment
Harriet Tubman
The Constitution of the United States
abolition
2. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
James Madison
third amendment
first amendment
3. 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.'
suffrage
livstock
Patrick Henry
Daniel Webster
4. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
per capita income
free enterprise
acquire
population boom
5. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
population boom
command economy
devastated
6. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
livstock
Common Sense
raw materials
magna carta
7. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
Ulysses S grant
consumer demand
censorship
Tea Act
8. 'Father of the Constitution'
Fifteenth Amendment
autocracy
Common Sense
James Madison
9. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
resolution
mercantilism
sixth amendment
Battle of Gettysburg
10. Samuel Morse
Telegraph
foreign policy
draft
James Monroe
11. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
Fourteenth Amendment
amendment
resolution
geographical
12. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north
Ulysses S grant
cottage industry
secondary sources
Steel Plow
13. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
direct representation
resolution
efficiency
Telegraph
14. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
commader
resolution
Gettysburg Adress
15. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Henry Clay
Democracy
federal
nullification
16. 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
Frederick Douglas
grievance
Andrew Jackson
nullify
17. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
federal
popular culture 'pop culture'
federalism
Mayflower Compact
18. 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
Gibbons vs. Ogden
third amendment
commader
population boom
19. John Deere
Steel Plow
censorship
Civil War
prospertiy
20. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
Bessemer Process
James Monroe
federal
Gettysburg Adress
21. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Battle of Gettysburg
The Great Compromise
Civil War
22. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
possessions
Tenth Amedment
Navigation Acts
civil disobedience
23. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Abraham Lincoln
command economy
Conord Massachusetts
Bessemer Process
24. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
benjamin franklin
export
labor force
popular culture 'pop culture'
25. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
currency
Steel Plow
prospertiy
Judicial Review
26. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
theocracy
efficiency
Thirteenth Amendment
antifederalist
27. Abolished slavery
The Declaration of Independence
Thirteenth Amendment
third amendment
prohibited
28. Important to a certain event or topic
significant
direct representation
market economy
Jefferson Davis
29. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
Bessemer Process
Proclamation of 1763
subsistence economy
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
30. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Cotton Gin
King George III
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Fifteenth Amendment
31. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
urban
nullify
second amendment
32. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'
Jamestown
Frederick Douglas
President Thomas Jefferson
Navigation Acts
33. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gettysburg Adress
34. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations
theocracy
literacy rate
free enterprise
acquire
35. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
finalcial resources
autocracy
Mayflower Compact
36. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
diplomatic relations
Impeach
Patrick Henry
Henry Clay
37. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
significant
significant
infectious disease
cottage industry
38. The state of acting according to law; lawful
legitmacy
Mayflower Compact
diplomatic relations
federalist
39. Living in a city
secondary sources
Bill of Rights
route
urban
40. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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41. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
Jamestown
absolute monarch
Conord Massachusetts
standard of living
42. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
livstock
third amendment
nullification
Seperation of Powers
43. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Federalist Papers
devastated
Tenth Amedment
militia
44. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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45. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
finalcial resources
King George III
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
46. The supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted on September 17 - 1787 - by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - and later ratified by conventions in each state in the name of 'the People';
The Constitution of the United States
geographical
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Bill of Rights
47. 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.
Reaper
sixth amendment
Conord Massachusetts
infectious disease
48. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
Susan B Anothony
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Seperation of Powers
unalienable right
49. 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
subsistence economy
Telegraph
President Thomas Jefferson
50. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
efficiency
abolition
popular soverignty
Harriet Tubman