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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. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






2. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






3. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






4. No quartering of troops during peace time






5. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






7. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






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






9. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






10. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






11. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






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






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






16. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






18. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






20. President during Roaring 20's






21. President of the US during the Civil War.






22. New York political machine boss.

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






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






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






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






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






28. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






30. President 1961-63






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






32. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






33. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. No cruel or unusual punishment.