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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. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






2. Founding father - politician - scientist






3. No cruel or unusual punishment.






4. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






5. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. No quartering of troops during peace time






14. President during Roaring 20's






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






16. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






19. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






20. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






22. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






23. Right to bear arms






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






25. President 1963-68






26. Established the federal income tax.






27. First astronaut to land on the moon.






28. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






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






30. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






31. American painter from 1920's

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32. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






33. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






34. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






44. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






45. President 1980-88.






46. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






48. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






49. 1914 - 1918






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