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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. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
standard of living
Seperation of Powers
significant
secede
2. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
Abraham Lincoln
abolition
cottage industry
Telegraph
3. A point at which an important decision must be made
crossroads
finalcial resources
Federalist Papers
The Great Compromise
4. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
Seperation of Powers
cottage industry
suffrage
Steel Plow
5. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
nullify
ninth amendment
The Constitution of the United States
limited government
6. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
subsistence economy
Bessemer Process
diplomatic relations
currency
7. 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.'
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
per capita income
popular culture 'pop culture'
8. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
James Madison
consumer demand
tariff
tyranny
9. Changing iron into steal
Bessemer Process
federalism
Tenth Amedment
checks and balances
10. Small town in Virgina where Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
rural
ninth amendment
distribution
Appomattox Curt House
11. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
ninth amendment
standard of living
third amendment
popular soverignty
12. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
free enterprise economy
James Madison
antifederalist
landlocked
13. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
milestones
first amendment
free enterprise economy
14. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
militia
diversity
autocracy
cottage industry
15. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
popular culture 'pop culture'
Tenth Amedment
federalist
Cotton Gin
16. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
distribution
accusations
Battle of Saratoga
subsistence economy
17. The amount of captial or money available to a person or a state
economic status
Steamboat
finalcial resources
Appomattox Curt House
18. 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
tariff
Treaty of Paris of 1763
consumer demand
Fourteenth Amendment
19. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
checks and balances
currency
James Madison
infectious disease
20. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
Harriet Tubman
Andrew Jackson
antifederalist
diversity
21. The state of acting according to law; lawful
crossroads
Farewell Address
Treaty of Paris of 1763
legitmacy
22. Important; of consequence
possessions
Northwest Ordiance
The Great Compromise
significant
23. Led to the Boston Tea Party
rural
ninth amendment
acquire
Tea Act
24. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Andrew Jackson
democratic republic
cultivation
Conord Massachusetts
25. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
diplomatic relations
infectious disease
second amendment
treason
26. Governmnet in which one perosn has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
Civil War
magna carta
autocracy
Mexican Cession
27. Improtant points in an event
grievance
popular culture 'pop culture'
milestones
raw materials
28. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
acquire
antifederalist
federal
geographical
29. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
labor force
free enterprise
nullification
birthrate
30. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
provisions
nullification
livstock
efficiency
31. Women's rights organizer
Robert E. Lee
civil disobedience
Susan B Anothony
ninth amendment
32. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
Marbury vs. Madison
Civil War
Seperation of Powers
harsh
33. 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.
The Declaration of Independence
sixth amendment
federalist
relevant
34. John Deere
technological advances
Steel Plow
possessions
Abraham Lincoln
35. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
cultivation
popular soverignty
Navigation Acts
raw materials
36. Administration charcterized by exessive red tape (steps to you have to go throuh to get a destired result) and rountine
government bureaucracy
Bessemer Process
first amendment
Appomattox Curt House
37. The right to vote
suffrage
James Monroe
Cotton Gin
commader
38. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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39. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
market economy
provisions
Thirteenth Amendment
tyranny
40. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
population density
technological advances
accusations
Battle of Saratoga
41. Things that you own
Tenth Amedment
Mayflower Compact
possessions
livstock
42. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
currency
landlocked
efficiency
provisions
43. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
benjamin franklin
President Thomas Jefferson
ninth amendment
milestones
44. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
The first shots of the American Revolution
Frederick Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Fourteenth Amendment
45. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
suffrage
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Steamboat
per capita income
46. Living in a city
tariff
autocracy
grievance
urban
47. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Steamboat
possessions
gross domestic product
federalism
48. Widespread hunger within a given region
federalist
famine
population growth
Farewell Address
49. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
population boom
textile
acquire
livstock
50. 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)
government bureaucracy
command economy
unalienable right
Thirteenth Amendment