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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. No quartering of troops during peace time






2. Competition between European countries to create empires.






3. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






6. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






20. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






22. The right to vote for women.






23. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






24. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






25. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






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






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






28. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






30. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






31. No unlawful search and seizure.






32. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






35. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






39. The prohibition of alcohol.






40. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






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






42. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






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






47. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






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






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