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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






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






3. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






4. American painter from 1920's

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5. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






7. Power is shared between the states and national government.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Competition between European countries to create empires.






15. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






16. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






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






26. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






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






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






29. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






30. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






34. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






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






39. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






41. 1860 - 1865






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






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






44. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






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






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






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






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






49. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






50. Alternate term for 1920's.






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