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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President 1961-63






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






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






4. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






8. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






9. Right to bear arms






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






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






12. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






15. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






18. President 1980-88.






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






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






21. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






23. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






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






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






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






28. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






33. Rights reserved to the people.






34. President 1963-68






35. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






39. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






41. 1939 - 1945






42. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






43. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






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






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






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






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






48. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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