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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






2. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






3. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






4. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






5. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






6. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






7. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






8. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






9. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






10. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






11. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






12. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






13. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






14. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






15. Abolished slavery






16. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






17. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






18. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






19. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






20. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






21. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






22. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






23. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






24. New York political machine boss.

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25. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






26. 1860 - 1865






27. No quartering of troops during peace time






28. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






29. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






30. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






31. The prohibition of alcohol.






32. The right to vote for women.






33. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






34. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






35. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






36. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






37. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






38. Invented the vaccine for polio






39. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






40. Alternate term for 1920's.






41. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






42. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






43. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






44. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






45. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






46. No cruel or unusual punishment.






47. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






48. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






49. President during Roaring 20's






50. Reapportionment / one man - one vote