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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






3. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






7. President 1980-88.






8. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






9. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






11. President 1963-68






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






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






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






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






16. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






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






18. Early rock n ' roll performer






19. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






21. United Farm Workers activist






22. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






23. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






24. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






25. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






26. Alternate term for 1920's.






27. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






29. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






30. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






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






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






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






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






35. Separation by race.






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






37. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






40. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






41. President of the US during the Civil War.






42. 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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43. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






47. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






49. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






50. 1860 - 1865