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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. The state of acting according to law; lawful
legitmacy
population boom
The Declaration of Independence
theocracy
2. Robert Fulton
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
population growth
Steamboat
Ulysses S grant
3. 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
federalism
Judicial Review
Andrew Jackson
subsistence economy
4. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
The Declaration of Independence
Mexican Cession
Battle of Saratoga
acquire
5. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
federalism
free enterprise
secondary sources
primary sources
6. King of England during the American Revolution - taxed the colines refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
Judicial Review
The Great Compromise
commader
King George III
7. Realting to an event
migration
government bureaucracy
technological advances
relevant
8. Women's rights organizer
The first shots of the American Revolution
per capita income
unalienable right
Susan B Anothony
9. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Alexander Hamilton
Jefferson Davis
civil disobedience
President Thomas Jefferson
10. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Farewell Address
command economy
textile
literacy rate
11. To change
Henry Clay
amend
William Lloyd Garrison
Thomas Jefferson
12. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
command economy
King George III
population density
migration
13. Improtant points in an event
First shot of Civil War
population density
milestones
labor force
14. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Appomattox Curt House
resolution
mercantilism
15. Having to do with business
commercial
federal
Telegraph
Ulysses S grant
16. An ecomny where buisness compete for business in an open market - with little governmnet interfernce
federalism
free enterprise economy
Thomas Jefferson
nullify
17. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive
significant
per capita income
Navigation Acts
accusations
18. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
raw materials
landlocked
Jamestown
milestones
19. Powerfuly Knetucky congressmn senator who propoosed the American system and the Compromise of 1850
draft
Conord Massachusetts
Henry Clay
raw materials
20. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery
population growth
confined
abolition
efficiency
21. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
Andrew Jackson
prospertiy
Battle of Gettysburg
Tea Act
22. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
amendment
Bessemer Process
finalcial resources
Conord Massachusetts
23. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
autocracy
militia
John C. Calhoun
birthrate
24. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
Conord Massachusetts
Bessemer Process
birthrate
significant
25. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
End of the American Revolution
civil disobedience
The first shots of the American Revolution
Susan B Anothony
26. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
turmoil
crossroads
Jefferson Davis
benjamin franklin
27. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Daniel Webster
consumer demand
migration
magna carta
28. Changing iron into steal
Telegraph
Treaty of Paris of 1763
economic status
Bessemer Process
29. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
Common Sense
theocracy
Battle of Gettysburg
30. 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.'
antifederalist
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Bessemer Process
Patrick Henry
31. Moving from one place to antoher
migration
Thirteenth Amendment
free enterprise economy
Democracy
32. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
Fifteenth Amendment
The first shots of the American Revolution
treason
Reaper
33. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
democratic republic
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
Interchangeable Parts
Seperation of Powers
34. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
autocracy
Tenth Amedment
per capita income
35. Relationships that exsits between governments
diplomatic relations
William Lloyd Garrison
Tea Act
resolution
36. Compliantes againsts a person or state
Steamboat
route
grievance
birthrate
37. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
separation of powers
nullification
Ulysses S grant
Federalist Papers
38. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
Mayflower Compact
secede
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
39. Living in a city
urban
civil disobedience
Patrick Henry
tariff
40. Having to do with clothing
textile
treason
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
41. Samuel Morse
Fifteenth Amendment
birthrate
magna carta
Telegraph
42. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Alexander Hamilton
tyranny
command economy
Interchangeable Parts
43. Eli Whitney
federalism
Bill of Rights
Interchangeable Parts
direct representation
44. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
ratify
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
raw materials
secondary sources
45. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
consumer demand
Patrick Henry
Robert E. Lee
Northwest Ordiance
46. Deleting parts of publication or correspondence or thertrical performances deemed harmful to an individual or party
federalist
direct representation
censorship
cultivation
47. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
commader
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
state's rights
suffrage
48. To contaminate or corup
End of the American Revolution
theocracy
Patrick Henry
infected
49. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
limited government
per capita income
Common Sense
devastated
50. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
migration
second amendment
amendment
devastated