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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






4. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






5. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






7. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.






8. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






11. American painter from 1920's

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






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






14. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






17. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






18. 1914 - 1918






19. Established the federal income tax.






20. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






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






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






26. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






29. The right to a fast and public trial.






30. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






31. Founding father - politician - scientist






32. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






33. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






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






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






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






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






38. No cruel or unusual punishment.






39. Abolished slavery






40. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






43. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






45. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






47. The right to vote for women.






48. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






49. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






50. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.