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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






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






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






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






5. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






6. President of the US during the Civil War.






7. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






10. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






11. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






12. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






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






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






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






17. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






20. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






21. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






22. Movement of people into a country from another country.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






31. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






33. Civil Rights leader from 1950's -1960's. Assassinated in 1968.






34. President 1961-63






35. Abolished the poll tax.






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






37. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






41. Separation by race.






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






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






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






45. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






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






49. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






50. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.