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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






2. Rights reserved to the people.






3. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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






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






7. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






9. Right to bear arms






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






11. The prohibition of alcohol.






12. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






13. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






14. Abolished the poll tax.






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






16. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






17. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






18. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






20. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






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






22. First astronaut to land on the moon.






23. Invented the vaccine for polio






24. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






26. Established the federal income tax.






27. American painter from 1920's

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28. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






32. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






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






34. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






37. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






38. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






39. No quartering of troops during peace time






40. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






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






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






43. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






46. Trial by jury.






47. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






49. 1914 - 1918






50. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate