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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. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






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






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






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






5. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






6. President 1980-88.






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






8. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






9. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






17. New York political machine boss.

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18. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






19. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






20. Abolished slavery






21. President of the US during the Civil War.






22. Separation by race.






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






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






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






26. Founding father - politician - scientist






27. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






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






29. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






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






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






33. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






34. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






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






39. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






41. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






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






45. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






49. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






50. Invented the vaccine for polio