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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 sudden increase in the birthrate of an area or state
Gibbons vs. Ogden
autocracy
population boom
first amendment
2. Series of essays written by James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton - defending the Consituion and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
Federalist Papers
federalist
third amendment
Robert E. Lee
3. The amount of wokers available to perform the tasks necessary for a society to function
Cotton Gin
labor force
Harriet Tubman
devastated
4. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
draft
export
Daniel Webster
Bessemer Process
5. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
militia
Battle of Saratoga
checks and balances
Thomas Jefferson
6. The right to vote
per capita income
suffrage
nullification
harsh
7. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
resolution
grievance
devastated
Bessemer Process
8. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
Steel Plow
Abraham Lincoln
separation of powers
accusations
9. States that people have rights toher than those mentioned in the Constitution
ninth amendment
Susan B Anothony
censorship
abolition
10. 16th president of the USA who sucessfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days later after the Civil war ended
turmoil
Abraham Lincoln
Fourteenth Amendment
significant
11. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
route
Alexander Hamilton
raw materials
acquire
12. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
theocracy
raw materials
Democracy
13. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Judicial Review
magna carta
Gettysburg Adress
absolute monarch
14. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
Battle of Gettysburg
amend
secondary sources
market economy
15. Things that you own
Susan B Anothony
Thirteenth Amendment
democratic republic
possessions
16. Having to do with clothing
textile
Andrew Jackson
grievance
First shot of Civil War
17. 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
state's rights
End of the American Revolution
The Declaration of Independence
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
18. 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
Thomas Jefferson
Northwest Ordiance
subsistence economy
per capita income
19. Next to or beside
distribution
ratify
adjacent
efficiency
20. To withdraw or pull away
Frederick Douglas
secede
population growth
Susan B Anothony
21. The supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted on September 17 - 1787 - by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - and later ratified by conventions in each state in the name of 'the People';
milestones
Robert E. Lee
Cotton Gin
The Constitution of the United States
22. The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constituion it set up the principle of Judical Review
ratify
acquire
Marbury vs. Madison
diversity
23. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
acquire
civil disobedience
Daniel Webster
24. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
The first shots of the American Revolution
free enterprise economy
suffrage
absolute monarch
25. 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.
sixth amendment
Northwest Ordiance
labor force
legitmacy
26. To contaminate or corup
infected
possessions
Alexander Hamilton
Emancipation Proclamations
27. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
life expectancy
Conord Massachusetts
Federalist Papers
raw materials
28. Widespread hunger within a given region
third amendment
accusations
famine
Treaty of Paris of 1763
29. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
federalism
nullification
Appomattox Curt House
migration
30. Form of government that is run for an by the people - giving people the supreme power
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
sixth amendment
Democracy
31. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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32. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
limited government
militia
export
geographical
33. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
Fifteenth Amendment
absolute monarch
Impeach
Henry Clay
34. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
crossroads
command economy
birthrate
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
35. Is a tax on goods brought into a country
treason
tariff
Farewell Address
The Declaration of Independence
36. To obtain or receive
acquire
nullify
famine
adjacent
37. Relationships that exsits between governments
efficiency
commercial
diplomatic relations
popular soverignty
38. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Harriet Tubman
federalism
Northwest Ordiance
state's rights
39. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
prohibited
Cotton Gin
Jamestown
Federalist Papers
40. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.
relevant
Fourteenth Amendment
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
benjamin franklin
41. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Emancipation Proclamations
autocracy
cultivation
gross domestic product
42. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Samuel Adams
secondary sources
Common Sense
diversity
43. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
The Constitution of the United States
crossroads
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
technological advances
44. The state of acting according to law; lawful
technological advances
cultivation
legitmacy
rural
45. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
subsistence economy
milestones
Bill of Rights
46. Not allowed
geographical
prohibited
abolition
landlocked
47. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian
devastated
Common Sense
federalist
raw materials
48. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
militia
draft
Susan B Anothony
Interchangeable Parts
49. 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.
Mayflower Compact
legitmacy
Frederick Douglas
Gettysburg Adress
50. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Farewell Address
free enterprise
separation of powers
Mexican Cession