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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. Not allowed
prohibited
route
government bureaucracy
Tenth Amedment
2. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
population density
democratic republic
resolution
Mayflower Compact
3. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
route
second amendment
militia
Thomas Jefferson
4. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Daniel Webster
gross domestic product
secede
censorship
5. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
economic status
devastated
6. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
tariff
treason
cultivation
route
7. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
provisions
devastated
federalism
finalcial resources
8. To contaminate or corup
mercantilism
The Great Compromise
abolition
infected
9. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
Frederick Douglas
draft
tariff
per capita income
10. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
economic status
birthrate
possessions
technological advances
11. 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
treason
Ulysses S grant
Samuel Adams
12. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
popular culture 'pop culture'
secondary sources
life expectancy
population boom
13. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
economic status
President Thomas Jefferson
prospertiy
first amendment
14. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
life expectancy
End of the American Revolution
suffrage
15. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians
ratify
Proclamation of 1763
foreign policy
infectious disease
16. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
livstock
Navigation Acts
turmoil
Civil War
17. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
Northwest Ordiance
harsh
population growth
popular soverignty
18. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
crossroads
End of the American Revolution
President Thomas Jefferson
nullification
19. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
ninth amendment
benjamin franklin
prospertiy
harsh
20. A point at which an important decision must be made
confined
crossroads
finalcial resources
first amendment
21. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
livstock
cottage industry
civil disobedience
popular soverignty
22. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
population growth
turmoil
Common Sense
Fifteenth Amendment
23. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Battle of Gettysburg
Thirteenth Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
democratic republic
24. 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
Bessemer Process
Samuel Adams
James Madison
25. 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
Mexican Cession
Thomas Jefferson
democratic republic
26. Having to do with business
second amendment
William Lloyd Garrison
population boom
commercial
27. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
foreign policy
censorship
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
provisions
28. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
The Great Compromise
autocracy
Thirteenth Amendment
benjamin franklin
29. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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30. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Patrick Henry
draft
The Declaration of Independence
Navigation Acts
31. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Emancipation Proclamations
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
treason
command economy
32. 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.
democratic republic
Fourteenth Amendment
state's rights
sixth amendment
33. To withdraw or pull away
secede
magna carta
popular soverignty
resolution
34. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
The first shots of the American Revolution
nullification
direct representation
Susan B Anothony
35. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Mexican Cession
Farewell Address
Andrew Jackson
Jamestown
36. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
treason
Jefferson Davis
birthrate
antifederalist
37. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
grievance
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Reaper
Samuel Adams
38. Changing iron into steal
Thomas Jefferson
treason
Gettysburg Adress
Bessemer Process
39. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
Andrew Jackson
confined
Abraham Lincoln
Treaty of Paris of 1763
40. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference
separation of powers
migration
harsh
James Monroe
41. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
confined
nullification
separation of powers
Navigation Acts
42. Things that you own
diplomatic relations
secede
possessions
Jamestown
43. To obtain or receive
acquire
state's rights
Frederick Douglas
Mayflower Compact
44. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
Reaper
population growth
infected
subsistence economy
45. 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
milestones
Gibbons vs. Ogden
turmoil
magna carta
46. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
life expectancy
livstock
federalism
nullification
47. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Gibbons vs. Ogden
federalist
James Madison
raw materials
48. 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
antifederalist
Cotton Gin
Alexander Hamilton
grievance
49. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
prohibited
finalcial resources
Ulysses S grant
urban
50. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Jamestown
technological advances
absolute monarch
militia