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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. Things that you own
diplomatic relations
economic status
possessions
Andrew Jackson
2. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
Impeach
life expectancy
amendment
tariff
3. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
militia
Robert E. Lee
benjamin franklin
suffrage
4. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
direct representation
Common Sense
prohibited
economic status
5. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
distribution
secede
John C. Calhoun
state's rights
6. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
Judicial Review
standard of living
civil disobedience
7. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
Emancipation Proclamations
Mexican Cession
state's rights
landlocked
8. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
diplomatic relations
Mayflower Compact
Jefferson Davis
Battle of Gettysburg
9. 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
Battle of Gettysburg
End of the American Revolution
provisions
Gettysburg Adress
10. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
significant
turmoil
The Constitution of the United States
11. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
foreign policy
Treaty of Paris of 1763
per capita income
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
12. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Marbury vs. Madison
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
relevant
prospertiy
13. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
Marbury vs. Madison
landlocked
Mexican Cession
treason
14. Eli Whitney
Emancipation Proclamations
Interchangeable Parts
possessions
tariff
15. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
livstock
Impeach
provisions
second amendment
16. A government ruled by a subject to religiouc authority
Abraham Lincoln
secede
theocracy
Farewell Address
17. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
turmoil
third amendment
Proclamation of 1763
The Declaration of Independence
18. The state of acting according to law; lawful
The Great Compromise
Common Sense
federal
legitmacy
19. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
milestones
Marbury vs. Madison
first amendment
standard of living
20. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Henry Clay
Reaper
birthrate
The first shots of the American Revolution
21. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
popular culture 'pop culture'
Appomattox Curt House
Daniel Webster
federal
22. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
literacy rate
geographical
amend
population density
23. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
free enterprise economy
Conord Massachusetts
labor force
Judicial Review
24. War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
nullification
primary sources
direct representation
Civil War
25. 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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
secede
Andrew Jackson
suffrage
26. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Civil War
sixth amendment
Samuel Adams
foreign policy
27. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
population growth
secondary sources
federalism
Fifteenth Amendment
28. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
confined
nullification
infected
Federalist Papers
29. Important; of consequence
turmoil
significant
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Bill of Rights
30. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Northwest Ordiance
commader
Battle of Gettysburg
Emancipation Proclamations
31. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay
Alexander Hamilton
technological advances
32. Is a cruel and unjust government
tyranny
King George III
William Lloyd Garrison
diversity
33. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
Seperation of Powers
Mexican Cession
harsh
confined
34. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
prospertiy
Democracy
confined
Thomas Jefferson
35. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
Patrick Henry
autocracy
population density
Common Sense
36. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
abolition
militia
currency
37. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
cottage industry
Mexican Cession
Seperation of Powers
Reaper
38. Compliantes againsts a person or state
Tenth Amedment
subsistence economy
grievance
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
39. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
birthrate
abolition
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
40. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
export
Democracy
Farewell Address
Mayflower Compact
41. Not allowed
livstock
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
consumer demand
prohibited
42. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
Proclamation of 1763
commader
infectious disease
crossroads
43. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
federalist
The Great Compromise
state's rights
Farewell Address
44. 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
Battle of Gettysburg
civil disobedience
gross domestic product
45. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
Tenth Amedment
amendment
Andrew Jackson
Farewell Address
46. A point at which an important decision must be made
Conord Massachusetts
First shot of Civil War
theocracy
crossroads
47. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
censorship
The first shots of the American Revolution
Jefferson Davis
Thirteenth Amendment
48. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
Conord Massachusetts
unalienable right
ninth amendment
livstock
49. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Emancipation Proclamations
Tenth Amedment
subsistence economy
Mayflower Compact
50. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
Marbury vs. Madison
End of the American Revolution
technological advances
commader