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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rights reserved to the people.






2. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






3. The right to a fast and public trial.






4. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






5. Competition between European countries to create empires.






6. No quartering of troops during peace time






7. American painter from 1920's

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8. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






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






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






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






12. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






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






14. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






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






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






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






18. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






22. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






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






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






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






28. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






29. Separation by race.






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






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






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






33. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






35. Early rock n ' roll performer






36. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






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






38. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






39. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






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






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






49. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






50. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.