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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies

Subjects : taks, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775






2. 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






3. Claims agaisnt a person or a state usually negitive






4. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources






5. Having to do with clothing






6. The legal prohibition and ending of slavery






7. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies






8. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not






9. Changing iron into steal






10. The right to vote






11. Moving from one place to antoher






12. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write






13. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)






14. The Supreme Court decision that rulled that the consitution gave contorl of interstate comerce to the U.S. congress not the individual states trhough whih a route passed






15. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel






16. Thsoe rights reserved speifically for the state and not given to the federal government

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17. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free






18. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher






19. 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)






20. Those advances in science or medicine that adaacnes the knowledge of a state or individual






21. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government






22. Forbidden colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians






23. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal goverment regulations






24. 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






25. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.






26. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery






27. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina






28. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients






29. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick






30. A disease caused by a mirooorganism or other agent such as a bacterium - fungus - or virus - that enters the body of an organism






31. Wre people who opposed to the constituion preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government






32. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.






33. Women's rights organizer






34. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet






35. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US






36. Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convice colonists that it was time to become independent from Britian






37. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen






38. Inventor - stateman - diplomat - signer of the declaration of independence and delegate to constituatl convention.






39. An act of the Second Continental Congress - adopted on July 4 - 1776 - which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were 'Free and Independent States' and that 'all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain - is a






40. Next to or beside






41. Economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the the Mother Country






42. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney






43. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)






44. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state






45. Having to do with business






46. Samuel Morse






47. Gernal of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the north






48. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills






49. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery






50. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes