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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






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






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






5. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






7. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






10. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






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






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






16. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






19. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






22. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 1939 - 1945






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






31. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






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






33. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






34. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






36. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






39. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






40. President 1963-68






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






42. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






44. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






46. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






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






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






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






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