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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. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






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






3. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






6. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






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






9. Established the federal income tax.






10. The direct election of US Senators.






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






12. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






13. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






16. The prohibition of alcohol.






17. 1914 - 1918






18. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






21. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






22. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






24. Group of African - American students that were integrated into an all - white school in 1957






25. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






26. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






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






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






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






30. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






33. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






35. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






38. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






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






42. 1939 - 1945






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






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






45. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






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






47. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






50. President 1963-68