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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






2. Rights reserved to the people.






3. Founding father - politician - scientist






4. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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






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






8. President of the US during the Civil War.






9. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






10. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






12. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






13. Progressive president who served during WW I.






14. Powers reserved to the states






15. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






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






17. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






20. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






21. President 1980-88.






22. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






24. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






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






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






27. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






28. Established the federal income tax.






29. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






39. Trial by jury.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The direct election of US Senators.






47. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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