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






2. Right to bear arms






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






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






5. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






8. Abolished the poll tax.






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






10. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






11. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.






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






13. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






16. Established the federal income tax.






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






18. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






19. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






22. 1860 - 1865






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






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






25. Trial by jury.






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






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






28. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






29. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






30. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






31. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






34. United Farm Workers activist






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






36. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






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






38. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






42. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






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






44. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






45. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






46. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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