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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






10. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






14. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






15. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






16. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






17. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






19. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






23. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






24. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






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






26. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






27. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






31. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






33. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






35. 1860 - 1865






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






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






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






39. New York political machine boss.

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






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






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






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






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






45. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






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






47. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






49. Separation by race.






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