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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. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
command economy
infectious disease
Steamboat
amend
2. Sharing the power between the states and the national government
Conord Massachusetts
federalism
Samuel Adams
Frederick Douglas
3. Fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
Proclamation of 1763
The Great Compromise
Steel Plow
First shot of Civil War
4. Ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect
free enterprise
harsh
Frederick Douglas
consumer demand
5. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
confined
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
turmoil
End of the American Revolution
6. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
The first shots of the American Revolution
popular soverignty
Susan B Anothony
treason
7. Women's rights organizer
autocracy
Cotton Gin
Appomattox Curt House
Susan B Anothony
8. Changing iron into steal
The Constitution of the United States
Bessemer Process
population density
prospertiy
9. A point at which an important decision must be made
autocracy
Ulysses S grant
mercantilism
crossroads
10. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
commercial
market economy
popular culture 'pop culture'
The Great Compromise
11. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
currency
literacy rate
Samuel Adams
Marbury vs. Madison
12. Was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Undergroud Railroad and helped over 300 salves to freedom in the North
militia
Harriet Tubman
export
primary sources
13. The coniditon of finances of a state or individual
economic status
ratify
Conord Massachusetts
King George III
14. Is a cruel and unjust government
per capita income
tyranny
The Declaration of Independence
rural
15. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
first amendment
devastated
livstock
free enterprise economy
16. Original records of an event - they incldue eyewitness reports created at the time of an event speeches - and letters by people involved in the event - photographs and artifacts
primary sources
Seperation of Powers
Abraham Lincoln
market economy
17. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
Democracy
second amendment
Conord Massachusetts
livstock
18. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
militia
famine
Bill of Rights
prospertiy
19. The 'great charter' of Enlgish liberties - forced form King John by the English barons - June 15 - 1215
Battle of Saratoga
abolition
magna carta
censorship
20. John Deere
Steel Plow
commader
Federalist Papers
Appomattox Curt House
21. Righst that you can not surrender - sell or transer. they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstatnces be srurredned or taken (life - liberty - happiness)
unalienable right
secondary sources
Ulysses S grant
Frederick Douglas
22. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
Fifteenth Amendment
Ulysses S grant
Daniel Webster
accusations
23. 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
rural
birthrate
market economy
24. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
President Thomas Jefferson
ninth amendment
Seperation of Powers
tyranny
25. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
migration
Battle of Saratoga
magna carta
Thomas Jefferson
26. Citizens individually choose their representatives in a legislature
Farewell Address
Navigation Acts
secondary sources
direct representation
27. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
Telegraph
William Lloyd Garrison
famine
Jamestown
28. 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
autocracy
nullify
James Monroe
Federalist Papers
29. 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
life expectancy
Impeach
Treaty of Paris of 1763
30. 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
mercantilism
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Battle of Saratoga
31. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
diplomatic relations
free enterprise economy
landlocked
federal
32. A grade or level of subistence and comfort in everday life enjoyed by a community - class - or individual
theocracy
ratify
benjamin franklin
standard of living
33. Created two houses of Congress. One based on population - and ther other gave equal represnetation of each state
commader
Thomas Jefferson
The Great Compromise
market economy
34. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
Mexican Cession
tyranny
Telegraph
population growth
35. 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
First shot of Civil War
grievance
John C. Calhoun
36. Resprenting a wide range of things like ethnicites - genders and ideals
Civil War
diversity
antifederalist
second amendment
37. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
devastated
Henry Clay
Patrick Henry
Treaty of Paris of 1763
38. The offense of acting to overthrow one's government
militia
treason
checks and balances
Tea Act
39. A formal expression of opinion or intention made - usually after voting by a formal organization - a legislature - a club or another group
federalist
prohibited
primary sources
resolution
40. Living in a country
third amendment
limited government
tyranny
rural
41. Important to a certain event or topic
market economy
nullify
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
significant
42. South carolina congressman and senator who spoke for the south before and during the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
distribution
mercantilism
significant
43. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
limited government
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Navigation Acts
Frederick Douglas
44. Objects used to obtain goods and services - usually coins or bills
Farewell Address
currency
John C. Calhoun
free enterprise economy
45. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Battle of Gettysburg
third amendment
The Constitution of the United States
secede
46. 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';
diplomatic relations
The Constitution of the United States
finalcial resources
acquire
47. To withdraw or pull away
Thirteenth Amendment
milestones
Bill of Rights
secede
48. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
migration
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
Henry Clay
The Constitution of the United States
49. To obtain or receive
gross domestic product
acquire
antifederalist
democratic republic
50. Things that you own
textile
resolution
possessions
tyranny