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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. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






4. Early rock n ' roll performer






5. The right to a fast and public trial.






6. President during Roaring 20's






7. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






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






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






13. Sets a term limit for the President






14. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






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






18. President of the US during the Civil War.






19. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






21. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






22. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






25. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






27. First form of government established by the 13 states.






28. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






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






33. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






37. President 1961-63






38. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






39. Separation by race.






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






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






42. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






43. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






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






45. The prohibition of alcohol.






46. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






48. Abolished slavery






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






50. The right to vote for women.