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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
Frederick Douglas
harsh
President Thomas Jefferson
federalist
2. Was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
resolution
Jefferson Davis
first amendment
Battle of Saratoga
3. 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
suffrage
Henry Clay
Gettysburg Adress
Impeach
4. A person who exercises authority; cheif officer; leader
amendment
per capita income
commader
The Great Compromise
5. The providing or supplying of something - esp. food or other necessities - in law providing for a specific circumstances or event.
Seperation of Powers
harsh
commader
provisions
6. 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
Mayflower Compact
Emancipation Proclamations
primary sources
Robert E. Lee
7. A economy where enough is grown hunted and crafted to provide for the basic needs of the people
cottage industry
subsistence economy
Gettysburg Adress
gross domestic product
8. The Supreme Court decision that said saves were property and not citizens
federalist
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
population boom
Common Sense
9. Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women's Rights movement in the US
End of the American Revolution
finalcial resources
abolition
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
10. Having to do with clothing
grievance
nullification
Farewell Address
textile
11. States that powers not gien to the federal government belong to the states
Tenth Amedment
James Madison
First shot of Civil War
draft
12. The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a ntaion during a specificed period
Impeach
Battle of Saratoga
gross domestic product
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
13. Living in a city
urban
infected
Steamboat
Judicial Review
14. The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal
nullification
first amendment
relevant
suffrage
15. A state of great comotion - confusion - of disturbance
per capita income
turmoil
Bill of Rights
grievance
16. Is a cruel and unjust government
Impeach
tyranny
Steamboat
currency
17. 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
tyranny
militia
Alexander Hamilton
18. Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the Norhta nd the preservation of the Union
resolution
President Thomas Jefferson
Bessemer Process
Daniel Webster
19. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers - Eli whitney
Cotton Gin
The first shots of the American Revolution
technological advances
Jefferson Davis
20. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and consituent political unites (states)
federalism
Susan B Anothony
Treaty of Paris of 1763
absolute monarch
21. Cultural patterns that are widespread within a popualtion *style of clothes and hair ect
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22. Things that you own
possessions
birthrate
nullification
Proclamation of 1763
23. To deprive (something) of value or effectiveness to make void
nullify
Appomattox Curt House
The Constitution of the United States
population boom
24. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Telegraph
Tenth Amedment
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
prospertiy
25. Fired at Lexington Massachusetts in April 1775
The first shots of the American Revolution
second amendment
finalcial resources
benjamin franklin
26. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
cottage industry
grievance
third amendment
technological advances
27. The state of acting according to law; lawful
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
legitmacy
provisions
28. The principle or system of vesiting in separte branches the excuitve - legislatvie - and judical powers of a government
adjacent
sixth amendment
separation of powers
crossroads
29. To contaminate or corup
infected
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
significant
William Lloyd Garrison
30. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
Treaty of Paris of 1763
command economy
James Madison
standard of living
31. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
Emancipation Proclamations
legitmacy
standard of living
distribution
32. Means to improve by vote
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
ratify
Ulysses S grant
Thirteenth Amendment
33. Mexico sold all of California and New mexico to the US
geographical
Mexican Cession
End of the American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson
34. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
Conord Massachusetts
relevant
provisions
Robert E. Lee
35. Guarantees citizenship and righst to all poeple born or antrualized in the US
gross domestic product
Fourteenth Amendment
Henry Clay
Proclamation of 1763
36. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
Steel Plow
first amendment
democratic republic
autocracy
37. Not allowed
sixth amendment
prohibited
Conord Massachusetts
resolution
38. Guarantees the right to vot to all citizens regaurdless of race.
Robert E. Lee
Fifteenth Amendment
market economy
prohibited
39. The measruemnt of the percent of people in a given state or country who can read a write
literacy rate
Tea Act
amendment
prospertiy
40. Material before being processed or manufactured into a final form (oil - iron)
unalienable right
magna carta
autocracy
raw materials
41. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Jamestown
standard of living
suffrage
Navigation Acts
42. Is the refusal to obey a government laws or law as a means of passive resistance becasue of one's moral convicition of belief
civil disobedience
export
standard of living
second amendment
43. Forbids the gov. to order private citizens to allow soldier to live in their homes
Fourteenth Amendment
third amendment
efficiency
Andrew Jackson
44. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about the horrors of slaery
Harrlet Beecher Stowe
Farewell Address
First shot of Civil War
Frederick Douglas
45. Moving from one place to antoher
subsistence economy
President Thomas Jefferson
milestones
migration
46. Supporst of the constiution who favored a strong national government
John C. Calhoun
Jamestown
federalist
Thomas Jefferson
47. 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
route
Federalist Papers
labor force
grievance
48. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
secede
absolute monarch
Steel Plow
nullify
49. Member of the sons of liberty who started the committee of correspondcne to stir public support for american indepdnece
Interchangeable Parts
Samuel Adams
market economy
birthrate
50. Abolished slavery
Impeach
Thirteenth Amendment
Mexican Cession
sixth amendment