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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






2. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






4. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






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






8. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






10. 1860 - 1865






11. President during Roaring 20's






12. 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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13. Abolished slavery






14. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






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






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






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






19. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






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






21. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






22. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






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






27. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






29. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






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






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






32. Trial by jury.






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






34. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






35. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






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






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






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






39. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.






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






41. Powers reserved to the states






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






43. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






45. Rights reserved to the people.






46. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






47. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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