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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Rights reserved to the people.






8. Abolished slavery






9. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






10. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






11. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






13. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






16. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






18. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






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






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






21. The direct election of US Senators.






22. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






24. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






26. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






29. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






30. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






32. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






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






34. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






35. The right to vote for women.






36. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






37. Competition between European countries to create empires.






38. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






39. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






40. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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






44. No unlawful search and seizure.






45. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






49. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






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