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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. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






4. President 1980-88.






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






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






7. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






9. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






10. Right to bear arms






11. New York political machine boss.

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






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






14. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






17. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






20. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






22. Rights reserved to the people.






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






24. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






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






26. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






27. Alternate term for 1920's.






28. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






32. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.






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






34. Power is shared between the states and national government.






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






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






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






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






39. 1939 - 1945






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






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






42. The right to vote for women.






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






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






45. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






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






48. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






50. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.