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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






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






4. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






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






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






7. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






8. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. New York political machine boss.

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21. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






22. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






23. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






24. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






26. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






28. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






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






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






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






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






33. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






35. 1939 - 1945






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






37. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






38. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






39. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






42. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






43. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






44. President 1980-88.






45. Founding father - politician - scientist






46. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






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






48. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






49. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






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







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