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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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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. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






3. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






4. 1860 - 1865






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






6. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






10. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






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






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






14. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






17. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






19. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






20. Trial by jury.






21. Alternate term for 1920's.






22. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






26. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






28. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






29. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






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






34. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






35. United Farm Workers activist






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






37. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.






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






39. American painter from 1920's

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






41. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






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






43. 1939 - 1945






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






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






46. President 1961-63






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






48. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






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






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