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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. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






2. Movement of people into a country from another country.






3. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






5. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






6. Progressive president who served during WW I.






7. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






8. The direct election of US Senators.






9. President of the US during the Civil War.






10. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






11. Civil Rights leader from 1950's -1960's. Assassinated in 1968.






12. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






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






14. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






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






16. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.






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






18. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






19. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






20. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






22. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






23. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






24. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






25. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






26. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






27. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






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






29. Trial by jury.






30. New York political machine boss.

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31. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






32. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.






33. Powers reserved to the states






34. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






35. Communist leader of Cuba.






36. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






37. American painter from 1920's

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38. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






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






40. Separation by race.






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






42. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






43. Abolished slavery






44. Rights reserved to the people.






45. The right to vote for women.






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






47. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






48. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






49. President 1961-63






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