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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






2. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






3. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






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






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






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






7. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






9. Trial by jury.






10. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






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






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






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






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






15. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






16. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






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






18. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






20. Alternate term for 1920's.






21. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






24. 1914 - 1918






25. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






32. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






34. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






37. No quartering of troops during peace time






38. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






42. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






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






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






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






46. Established the federal income tax.






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






48. The right to a fast and public trial.






49. American painter from 1920's

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