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






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






3. Rights reserved to the people.






4. 1860 - 1865






5. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






6. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






10. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






11. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






12. The direct election of US Senators.






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






14. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






15. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






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






18. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






19. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






23. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






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






25. American painter from 1920's

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






27. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






31. The right to a fast and public trial.






32. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






33. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






36. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






39. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






40. President 1963-68






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






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






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






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






46. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






47. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






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






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






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