Test your basic knowledge |

TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






2. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






4. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






6. The direct election of US Senators.






7. 1939 - 1945






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






9. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






10. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Separation by race.






18. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






19. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






20. United Farm Workers activist






21. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






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






23. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






24. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






25. 1860 - 1865






26. New York political machine boss.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






29. American painter from 1920's

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






32. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






33. The right to a fast and public trial.






34. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






35. Trial by jury.






36. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






37. Competition between European countries to create empires.






38. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






39. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






41. President 1980-88.






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






43. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






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






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






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






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






48. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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