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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






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






3. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






5. The right to vote for women.






6. Abolished slavery






7. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






9. Trial by jury.






10. Abolished the poll tax.






11. United Farm Workers activist






12. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






13. Early civil rights leader and founder of the NAACP. Du Bois demanded equality for African - Americans






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






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






16. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






17. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






18. LJB's agenda designed to help poor American's.






19. Sets a term limit for the President






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






21. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






22. A standoff between the Us and the Soviet Union when it was discovered that the Soviets had installed missiles pointed at the Us.






23. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






25. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






28. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






29. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.






30. Established the federal income tax.






31. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






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






33. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






34. Period of African - American cultural creativity in Music - art - literature during the 1920's






35. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






36. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






37. First form of government established by the 13 states.






38. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






40. Early rock n ' roll performer






41. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






42. Founding father - politician - scientist






43. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






44. President of the US during the Civil War.






45. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.






46. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






47. 1939 - 1945






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






49. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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