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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






4. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






5. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






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






8. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






9. No unlawful search and seizure.






10. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






14. United Farm Workers activist






15. President 1961-63






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






17. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






18. 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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19. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






20. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






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






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






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






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






25. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






26. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






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






30. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






31. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






33. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






34. President of the US during the Civil War.






35. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






37. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






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






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






40. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






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






42. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






45. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






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






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






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






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






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