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






2. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






4. President 1980-88.






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






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






7. Trial by jury.






8. Sets a term limit for the President






9. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






12. President 1961-63






13. 1860 - 1865






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






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






16. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






17. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






19. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






20. Rights reserved to the people.






21. New York political machine boss.

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22. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






23. American painter from 1920's

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






25. Abolished slavery






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






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






28. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






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






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






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






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






33. Separation by race.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






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






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






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






46. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






47. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






49. First astronaut to land on the moon.






50. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition