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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






2. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






5. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






7. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






8. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






9. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






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






11. Separation by race.






12. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.






13. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






18. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






19. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






22. Established the federal income tax.






23. Sets a term limit for the President






24. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






25. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






28. 1860 - 1865






29. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






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






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






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






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






34. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






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






36. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






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






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






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






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






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






42. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






43. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






44. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






45. The right to a fast and public trial.






46. United Farm Workers activist






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






48. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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