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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






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






3. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






4. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






6. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






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






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






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






12. Separation by race.






13. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






14. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






15. The right to vote for women.






16. Group of African - American students that were integrated into an all - white school in 1957






17. 1939 - 1945






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






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






20. President 1963-68






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






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






23. Progressive president who served during WW I.






24. No cruel or unusual punishment.






25. 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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26. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






29. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






30. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






32. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






33. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






35. Invented the vaccine for polio






36. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






39. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






40. Right to bear arms






41. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






42. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






48. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






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






50. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.