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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






5. Abolished the poll tax.






6. Trial by jury.






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






8. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






9. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






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






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






12. Communist leader of Cuba.






13. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






14. A standoff between the Us and the Soviet Union when it was discovered that the Soviets had installed missiles pointed at the Us.






15. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






19. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






22. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






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






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






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






28. American painter from 1920's

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29. Early rock n ' roll performer






30. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






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






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






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






34. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






38. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






39. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






41. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






43. United Farm Workers activist






44. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






46. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






48. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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