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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Separation by race.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.


9. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






11. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






14. Established the federal income tax.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






22. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






24. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






25. The direct election of US Senators.






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






27. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






29. The right to vote for women.






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






31. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






32. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






35. No unlawful search and seizure.






36. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






37. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






38. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






39. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






40. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






41. President 1961-63






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






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






44. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






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






46. Early rock n ' roll performer






47. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






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






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






50. Invented the vaccine for polio