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






2. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






6. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






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






8. The right to a fast and public trial.






9. Trial by jury.






10. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






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






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






16. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






17. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






18. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






20. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






21. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






22. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






23. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






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






25. President 1980-88.






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






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






28. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






30. Separation by race.






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






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






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






34. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






38. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






40. President during Roaring 20's






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






42. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






43. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






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






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






46. The prohibition of alcohol.






47. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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