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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. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






2. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






3. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






7. First astronaut to land on the moon.






8. No unlawful search and seizure.






9. Established the federal income tax.






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






11. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






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






15. Trial by jury.






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






17. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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






21. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






24. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






25. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






26. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






29. Sets a term limit for the President






30. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






31. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






34. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






35. Competition between European countries to create empires.






36. President during Roaring 20's






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






38. American painter from 1920's

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






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






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






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






43. 1914 - 1918






44. Abolished slavery






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






46. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






48. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






49. Early rock n ' roll performer






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