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






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






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






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






5. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






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






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






8. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






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






10. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






12. The right to a fast and public trial.






13. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






14. The direct election of US Senators.






15. Established the federal income tax.






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






17. Power is shared between the states and national government.






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






19. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






22. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






23. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






25. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






27. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






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






32. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






34. First astronaut to land on the moon.






35. President 1980-88.






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






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






38. Abolished slavery






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






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






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






42. American painter from 1920's

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43. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






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






45. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






49. United Farm Workers activist






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