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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
Tea Act
benjamin franklin
Jefferson Davis
checks and balances
2. Women's rights organizer
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
absolute monarch
Susan B Anothony
checks and balances
3. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
Steel Plow
Emancipation Proclamations
Judicial Review
population density
4. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
population growth
resolution
gross domestic product
Emancipation Proclamations
5. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
King George III
unalienable right
Ulysses S grant
absolute monarch
6. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
infectious disease
Frederick Douglas
population boom
Seperation of Powers
7. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
Harriet Tubman
devastated
direct representation
Jefferson Davis
8. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
popular culture 'pop culture'
consumer demand
Emancipation Proclamations
Battle of Saratoga
9. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
free enterprise economy
Bill of Rights
population growth
efficiency
10. Short speech given by Abrahman Lincoln to dedicate a cemetry for soliders who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered a profound statement of American ideals. Four score and seven years ago - our fathers....and that governemtn of the peopl
grievance
Gettysburg Adress
popular culture 'pop culture'
separation of powers
11. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
militia
nullification
Battle of Gettysburg
prospertiy
12. To be compeletly destroyed
confined
devastated
Impeach
Daniel Webster
13. Established a system of setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the UNion. its consitution had to provide for a representative governemnt and ithad to prohibit slavery
market economy
Northwest Ordiance
Mayflower Compact
absolute monarch
14. 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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15. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Judicial Review
Reaper
unalienable right
currency
16. To change
confined
The Declaration of Independence
amend
significant
17. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
acquire
economic status
treason
resolution
18. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Tea Act
geographical
accusations
Northwest Ordiance
19. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
Daniel Webster
Thomas Jefferson
draft
civil disobedience
20. To contaminate or corup
harsh
accusations
Abraham Lincoln
infected
21. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
Daniel Webster
The first shots of the American Revolution
Henry Clay
second amendment
22. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
King George III
third amendment
Frederick Douglas
ninth amendment
23. Led to the Boston Tea Party
commader
Tea Act
Henry Clay
democratic republic
24. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
relevant
Emancipation Proclamations
state's rights
market economy
25. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
Steel Plow
significant
Battle of Gettysburg
standard of living
26. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
Gettysburg Adress
abolition
first amendment
limited government
27. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
direct representation
diplomatic relations
state's rights
federalist
28. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
livstock
harsh
Battle of Gettysburg
first amendment
29. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Mexican Cession
Civil War
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
30. Series of laws passed by England to regulate the Colonist's trade - so England would make money
Thomas Jefferson
acquire
third amendment
Navigation Acts
31. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
relevant
significant
market economy
geographical
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
Susan B Anothony
cottage industry
Judicial Review
Alexander Hamilton
33. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
draft
tyranny
nullification
route
34. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government
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35. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
landlocked
secede
Appomattox Curt House
foreign policy
36. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism
resolution
infectious disease
Bill of Rights
devastated
37. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
standard of living
finalcial resources
harsh
militia
38. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Marbury vs. Madison
Conord Massachusetts
Telegraph
Judicial Review
39. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
popular culture 'pop culture'
relevant
magna carta
Mexican Cession
40. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
Democracy
The Great Compromise
diplomatic relations
infectious disease
41. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
foreign policy
Patrick Henry
nullification
state's rights
42. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
diversity
Frederick Douglas
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
federalism
43. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
legitmacy
Marbury vs. Madison
Battle of Saratoga
President Thomas Jefferson
44. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual
technological advances
James Monroe
Telegraph
suffrage
45. The number of years that an individual is exprected to live as deteremined by statistics
ratify
migration
treason
life expectancy
46. A sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
population boom
distribution
civil disobedience
population density
47. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
Common Sense
acquire
Andrew Jackson
Gibbons vs. Ogden
48. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
landlocked
Gettysburg Adress
Democracy
49. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
Northwest Ordiance
popular culture 'pop culture'
ninth amendment
route
50. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
third amendment
limited government
suffrage
censorship
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