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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






5. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






9. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






10. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






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






12. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






14. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






18. President 1961-63






19. New York political machine boss.

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20. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






21. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






22. Trial by jury.






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






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






25. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






29. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






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






31. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






34. 1914 - 1918






35. President 1980-88.






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






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






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






39. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






41. Early rock n ' roll performer






42. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






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






45. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






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






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






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