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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. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






2. President 1963-68






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






4. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






5. President 1980-88.






6. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






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






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






9. The direct election of US Senators.






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






11. The right to vote for women.






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






13. No unlawful search and seizure.






14. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






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






16. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






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






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






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






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






21. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






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






23. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






25. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






28. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






29. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






30. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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. American painter from 1920's

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






35. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






36. Trial by jury.






37. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






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






39. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






42. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






43. New York political machine boss.

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44. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






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






46. President during Roaring 20's






47. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






49. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






50. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)