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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. Trial by jury.






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






3. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






4. 1914 - 1918






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






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






7. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






9. United Farm Workers activist






10. Abolished slavery






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






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






13. Invented the vaccine for polio






14. President 1963-68






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






16. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






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






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






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






21. President 1980-88.






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






23. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






26. Competition between European countries to create empires.






27. Powers reserved to the states






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






29. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






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






31. Early rock n ' roll performer






32. No quartering of troops during peace time






33. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






34. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






35. 1860 - 1865






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






37. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






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






41. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






44. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






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






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






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






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