Test your basic knowledge |

TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






2. New York political machine boss.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






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






6. Separation by race.






7. President 1980-88.






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






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






10. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






11. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






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






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






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






17. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






18. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






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






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






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






22. Right to bear arms






23. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






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






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






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






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






28. Sets a term limit for the President






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






30. 1939 - 1945






31. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






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






33. Trial by jury.






34. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






37. No cruel or unusual punishment.






38. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






39. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






41. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






42. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






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






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






47. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






48. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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