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






2. No quartering of troops during peace time






3. Abolished slavery






4. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






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






7. Separation by race.






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






9. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






11. Trial by jury.






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






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






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






15. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






17. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






19. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






20. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






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






24. American painter from 1920's

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25. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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






30. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






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






32. President 1963-68






33. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






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






37. President 1961-63






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






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






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






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






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






43. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






44. Invented the vaccine for polio






45. No unlawful search and seizure.






46. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






47. The right to vote for women.






48. Powers reserved to the states






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






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