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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Means to improve by vote






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






3. Author of the Monroe Doctrine - which shut down the western hemispher to european exansion or interference






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






5. Improtant points in an event






6. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition






7. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not






8. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US






9. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides






10. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others






11. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period






12. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms






13. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union






14. To obtain or receive






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






16. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state






17. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money






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






19. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals






20. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources






21. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850






22. Important to a certain event or topic






23. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union






24. To be compeletly destroyed






25. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel






26. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort






27. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






28. Relationships that exsits between governments






29. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office






30. Former slave who became the best know black abolitionsit in the country 'north star'






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






32. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government






33. 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)






34. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state






35. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War






36. 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






37. 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






38. Women's rights organizer






39. Moving from one place to antoher






40. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians






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






42. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states






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






44. Realting to an event






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






46. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual






47. Stated that - 'no state..can lawfully get out of the Union..' bt pledged there would be no war unless the South started it - was ment to hlep heal and resore the country after four years of the Civil War

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48. Changing iron into steal






49. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607






50. To withdraw or pull away







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