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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. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






2. President 1980-88.






3. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






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






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






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






8. President 1963-68






9. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






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






14. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






15. The right to vote for women.






16. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






19. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






20. American painter from 1920's

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






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






23. Abolished the poll tax.






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






25. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






28. The prohibition of alcohol.






29. 1939 - 1945






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






31. 1914 - 1918






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






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






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






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






36. Separation by race.






37. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.






38. President 1961-63






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






40. Alternate term for 1920's.






41. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






42. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






46. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






50. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.