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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. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






3. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






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






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






6. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






7. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






9. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






12. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






13. The prohibition of alcohol.






14. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






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






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






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






18. The right to vote for women.






19. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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






24. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






25. Progressive president who served during WW I.






26. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






27. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






28. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






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






30. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






31. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






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






33. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






37. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






38. New York political machine boss.

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39. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






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






41. The right to a fast and public trial.






42. Established the federal income tax.






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






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






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






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






47. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






48. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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