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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






2. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






4. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






6. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






8. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






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






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






13. Competition between European countries to create empires.






14. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






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






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






17. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






20. President 1963-68






21. 1939 - 1945






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






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






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






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






26. President 1980-88.






27. Rights reserved to the people.






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






29. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






30. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






31. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






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






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






37. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






38. No unlawful search and seizure.






39. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






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






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






43. 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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44. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






45. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






48. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






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






50. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.