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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






2. Established the federal income tax.






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






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






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






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






7. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






8. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






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






10. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






11. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






12. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






15. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






18. American painter from 1920's

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






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






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






22. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






23. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






24. New York political machine boss.

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25. Trial by jury.






26. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






28. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.

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29. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






32. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






33. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






35. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






36. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






40. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






41. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






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






43. President 1980-88.






44. Right to bear arms






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






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






47. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






48. President of the US during the Civil War.






49. The right to vote for women.






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