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






2. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.






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






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






5. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






6. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






7. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






8. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






9. Founding father - politician - scientist






10. New York political machine boss.

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






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






13. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






16. Abolished the poll tax.






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






18. 1860 - 1865






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






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






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






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






23. Early rock n ' roll performer






24. Sets a term limit for the President






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






26. Rights reserved to the people.






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






28. Established the federal income tax.






29. Invented the vaccine for polio






30. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






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






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






33. President 1961-63






34. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






38. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






39. Trial by jury.






40. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






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






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






45. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






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






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