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8th TAKS SS Review
TAKS Review 8th SS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First permanent English settlement in the New World founded in 1607 | Jamestown |
| Date the Declaration of Independence was signed | July 4, 1776 |
| Year the Constitution of the United States was written | 1787 |
| Year that President Thomas Jefferson purchased teh Louisiana Territory from France | 1803 |
| Years the American Civil War was fought | 1861-1865 |
| The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here in April 1775 | Lexington, Massachusetts |
| The site of the first battle of the American Revolution | Concord, Massachusetts |
| The battle that was the turning point of the American Revolution | Battle of Saratoga |
| The British defeat at ___________________ by George Washington's troops signaled the end of the American Revolution | Yorktown, Virginia |
| The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ______________________in South Carolina | Fort Sumter |
| The Battle of ______________________ was the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again. | Gettysburg |
| The capture of ____________________________ by the North (Union, Yankees) in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| ______________________________ is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. | Appomattox Court House |
| ___________________ is an 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 Mother Country. | Mercantilism |
| An _______________________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | abolitionist |
| A ______________________ tariff is a tax on goods brought inot a country. | tariff |
| A ___________________ __________________ is a tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry. | protective tariff |
| ___________________ is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country,. | Sectionalism |
| _____________ ______________ is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| The ________________ __________________ was campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
| __________________ ___________________ is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| A ____________________ is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| The ___________ ____ ______________ Burgesses was the first representative assembly in the new world. | House of Burgesses |
| The ______________________________ are the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive Branch. | Three Branches of Government |
| ____________ and ________________ is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches. | Checks and Balances |
| _____________ ________________ is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
| _______________ is the sharing of power between the states and the nationsl government. | Federalism |
| _______________ of _____________ is a system in which each branch of government has it's own powers. | Separation of Powers |
| __________________ __________________ is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whetehr or not ot allow slavery. | Popular Sovereignty |
| ____________ means to change. | Amend |
| __________________ __________________ are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights. | Unalienable rights |
| _____________ is a cruel and unjust government. | Tyranny |
| A _____________ is a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power. | democracy |
| _____ means to aprove by vote. | Ratify |
| ____________ ________________ is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not. | Judicial Review |
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Alan Gillespie
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