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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 idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
James Monroe
population boom
population growth
nullification
2. Living in a city
urban
unalienable right
prohibited
King George III
3. 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.'
checks and balances
Common Sense
popular culture 'pop culture'
Patrick Henry
4. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
Patrick Henry
federalist
provisions
Federalist Papers
5. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
separation of powers
Civil War
milestones
theocracy
6. Unable to move or with limited space and operate
standard of living
confined
government bureaucracy
Steamboat
7. The turing point of the American Revolution led to a miltiary alliance with France
Battle of Saratoga
The Declaration of Independence
absolute monarch
geographical
8. Relationships that exsits between governments
Conord Massachusetts
prohibited
diplomatic relations
Appomattox Curt House
9. A course - way - or road for apssage or travel
direct representation
route
ninth amendment
mercantilism
10. 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
Tea Act
technological advances
currency
Treaty of Paris of 1763
11. The turing point of the Civil War for the North - Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again
commader
famine
Harriet Tubman
Battle of Gettysburg
12. Important; of consequence
nullification
Farewell Address
significant
Marbury vs. Madison
13. When a public official (a president or Supreme Court Justice) is brought to trail for crimes committed in office
Impeach
Appomattox Curt House
foreign policy
turmoil
14. Eli Whitney
first amendment
Interchangeable Parts
Steamboat
export
15. 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';
Ulysses S grant
tariff
The Constitution of the United States
William Lloyd Garrison
16. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
labor force
Fifteenth Amendment
draft
nullification
17. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
raw materials
Telegraph
Reaper
third amendment
18. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
Tenth Amedment
Ulysses S grant
provisions
migration
19. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
magna carta
Abraham Lincoln
milestones
democratic republic
20. Abolished slavery
Conord Massachusetts
separation of powers
Thirteenth Amendment
landlocked
21. The state of acting according to law; lawful
legitmacy
rural
Proclamation of 1763
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
22. The amount of births ina country druing a specific period
popular culture 'pop culture'
legitmacy
birthrate
standard of living
23. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Patrick Henry
Marbury vs. Madison
command economy
Battle of Gettysburg
24. Later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. often secondary sources like textbooks and articles provided summaries of information found in primary sources
accusations
abolition
secondary sources
relevant
25. The taking of supplies - forces - money - etc. - from a given soruce - also the act of mkaing military service mandatory for certain persons
significant
Treaty of Paris of 1763
harsh
draft
26. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
prospertiy
censorship
first amendment
Frederick Douglas
27. 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
End of the American Revolution
market economy
route
accusations
28. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
third amendment
standard of living
Treaty of Paris of 1763
29. Realting to an event
relevant
secede
Jefferson Davis
commercial
30. Means to improve by vote
Telegraph
benjamin franklin
ratify
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
31. Living in a country
Interchangeable Parts
nullify
censorship
rural
32. Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territoy or state
federal
Tea Act
population growth
confined
33. 'Father of the Constitution'
separation of powers
James Madison
ninth amendment
prohibited
34. To change
checks and balances
population boom
King George III
amend
35. 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
labor force
devastated
Andrew Jackson
possessions
36. A country or state that is surrouded by land on all sides
Tenth Amedment
landlocked
William Lloyd Garrison
Telegraph
37. Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1 - 1863 seeting all slaves in the Confederate states Free
Conord Massachusetts
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Emancipation Proclamations
Mexican Cession
38. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
subsistence economy
Samuel Adams
ninth amendment
direct representation
39. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
acquire
market economy
limited government
ninth amendment
40. 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
nullification
primary sources
export
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
41. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
population growth
The first shots of the American Revolution
Cotton Gin
Conord Massachusetts
42. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
significant
nullify
Farewell Address
43. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
treason
geographical
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
diplomatic relations
44. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
federalism
first amendment
livstock
geographical
45. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
free enterprise
Democracy
absolute monarch
The first shots of the American Revolution
46. Widespread hunger within a given region
famine
foreign policy
government bureaucracy
Northwest Ordiance
47. Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields - Cyrus Mccormick
free enterprise economy
tariff
Reaper
Thomas Jefferson
48. Published the Liberator; abolished Slavery
federalism
commercial
distribution
William Lloyd Garrison
49. An alteration of a addiation to a motion - bill - constution
Cotton Gin
command economy
amendment
provisions
50. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
government bureaucracy
amend
population density
Judicial Review