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






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






3. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.

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






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






6. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






10. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






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






14. 1914 - 1918






15. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






16. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






17. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






19. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






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






21. Abolished slavery






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






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






24. The right to vote for women.






25. 1860 - 1865






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






27. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






30. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






32. Progressive president who served during WW I.






33. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






34. President 1963-68






35. Separation by race.






36. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






39. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






40. 1939 - 1945






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






42. No cruel or unusual punishment.






43. President 1980-88.






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






45. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






47. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






50. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency