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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






2. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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






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






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






7. Rights reserved to the people.






8. Alternate term for 1920's.






9. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






10. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






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






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. The direct election of US Senators.






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






15. Separation by race.






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






17. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






18. President 1961-63






19. Progressive president who served during WW I.






20. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






21. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






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






23. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






26. New York political machine boss.

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27. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






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






29. The right to vote for women.






30. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






32. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






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






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






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






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






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






38. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






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






40. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






41. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






43. No cruel or unusual punishment.






44. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






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






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






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






49. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






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