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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






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






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






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






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






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






7. President 1980-88.






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






9. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






11. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






13. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






14. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






17. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






20. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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






24. First astronaut to land on the moon.






25. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






26. The right to vote for women.






27. New York political machine boss.

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






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






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






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






32. No unlawful search and seizure.






33. Alternate term for 1920's.






34. 1939 - 1945






35. Progressive president who served during WW I.






36. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






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






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






39. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






40. American painter from 1920's

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






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






43. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






44. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






46. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






47. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






49. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






50. Competition between European countries to create empires.