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






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






3. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






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






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






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






7. President of the US during the Civil War.






8. Competition between European countries to create empires.






9. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






11. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






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






15. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






16. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






17. Group of African - American students that were integrated into an all - white school in 1957






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






19. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






20. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






21. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






22. Abolished slavery






23. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






31. The direct election of US Senators.






32. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






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






35. Established the federal income tax.






36. President 1963-68






37. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






38. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






41. Separation by race.






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






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






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






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






46. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






48. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






50. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.