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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






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






6. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






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






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






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






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






11. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






12. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






13. President 1980-88.






14. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






15. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






16. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






19. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






22. President 1963-68






23. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






24. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






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






26. The direct election of US Senators.






27. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






29. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






30. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






33. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






34. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






35. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






36. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






38. Rights reserved to the people.






39. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






40. The right to vote for women.






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






42. 1914 - 1918






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






44. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Separation by race.