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






2. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






11. Civil Rights leader from 1950's -1960's. Assassinated in 1968.






12. Sets a term limit for the President






13. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






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






17. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






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






21. First form of government established by the 13 states.






22. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






23. American painter from 1920's

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






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






26. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






30. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






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






32. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






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






34. 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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35. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






36. Right to bear arms






37. President during Roaring 20's






38. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






39. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






42. No unlawful search and seizure.






43. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






46. Abolished the poll tax.






47. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






48. New York political machine boss.

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






50. Made segregation illegal in public schools.