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






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






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






5. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






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






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






10. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






11. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






12. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






13. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






14. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






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






16. President during Roaring 20's






17. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






18. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






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






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






21. Rights reserved to the people.






22. New York political machine boss.

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23. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






24. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






25. Trial by jury.






26. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






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






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






32. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






34. Right to bear arms






35. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






36. Abolished slavery






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






38. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






40. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






42. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






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






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






47. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






49. The direct election of US Senators.






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