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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. 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.'
per capita income
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Emancipation Proclamations
Patrick Henry
2. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
devastated
Jefferson Davis
Federalist Papers
Cotton Gin
3. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Impeach
significant
Democracy
cottage industry
4. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Patrick Henry
raw materials
Thomas Jefferson
legitmacy
5. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
democratic republic
Jamestown
prospertiy
Reaper
6. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
Gibbons vs. Ogden
commader
Patrick Henry
turmoil
7. Having to do with business
commercial
benjamin franklin
mercantilism
Gibbons vs. Ogden
8. To contaminate or corup
distribution
infected
raw materials
Steamboat
9. 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)
third amendment
consumer demand
Bill of Rights
Bessemer Process
10. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
geographical
legitmacy
Mayflower Compact
government bureaucracy
11. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
labor force
Patrick Henry
Civil War
12. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
Mayflower Compact
Tenth Amedment
Mexican Cession
draft
13. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
censorship
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
confined
Emancipation Proclamations
14. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
Appomattox Curt House
absolute monarch
Farewell Address
export
15. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
market economy
William Lloyd Garrison
resolution
diversity
16. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
free enterprise
finalcial resources
Marbury vs. Madison
raw materials
17. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
Federalist Papers
nullification
theocracy
autocracy
18. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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19. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
state's rights
free enterprise economy
distribution
William Lloyd Garrison
20. 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
diversity
End of the American Revolution
secede
tyranny
21. Eli Whitney
federalism
Interchangeable Parts
route
militia
22. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
The Great Compromise
Gettysburg Adress
third amendment
livstock
23. 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
Andrew Jackson
King George III
theocracy
state's rights
24. Improtant points in an event
separation of powers
technological advances
prohibited
milestones
25. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
unalienable right
federalism
Jamestown
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
26. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
nullify
primary sources
Treaty of Paris of 1763
urban
27. Is a cruel and unjust government
tyranny
magna carta
geographical
President Thomas Jefferson
28. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
federalism
Battle of Saratoga
market economy
prospertiy
29. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
Impeach
federal
currency
Steel Plow
30. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
antifederalist
textile
labor force
famine
31. Abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
tyranny
gross domestic product
Cotton Gin
32. 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
commercial
Alexander Hamilton
federal
Steamboat
33. Women's rights organizer
Susan B Anothony
First shot of Civil War
consumer demand
Jamestown
34. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
benjamin franklin
Navigation Acts
urban
life expectancy
35. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
ninth amendment
federalist
Jefferson Davis
36. To change
Proclamation of 1763
Judicial Review
Susan B Anothony
amend
37. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
efficiency
infectious disease
The Constitution of the United States
federalist
38. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
draft
Civil War
Appomattox Curt House
population growth
39. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
distribution
Tea Act
commader
abolition
40. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
Ulysses S grant
nullification
Fourteenth Amendment
James Monroe
41. 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.
Gibbons vs. Ogden
unalienable right
democratic republic
sixth amendment
42. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
tariff
technological advances
Reaper
popular soverignty
43. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
significant
federalist
The Declaration of Independence
landlocked
44. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
popular culture 'pop culture'
Common Sense
militia
confined
45. To be compeletly destroyed
adjacent
devastated
landlocked
theocracy
46. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
per capita income
antifederalist
Thomas Jefferson
diplomatic relations
47. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
command economy
Susan B Anothony
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
federalist
48. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
Fourteenth Amendment
diversity
Impeach
Steamboat
49. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
primary sources
Navigation Acts
population density
Frederick Douglas
50. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Tea Act
technological advances
Reaper
gross domestic product