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






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






3. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






5. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






6. Powers reserved to the states






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






8. The right to a fast and public trial.






9. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






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






11. Invented the vaccine for polio






12. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






14. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






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






16. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






17. The direct election of US Senators.






18. No unlawful search and seizure.






19. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






20. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






22. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






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






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






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






26. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






27. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






29. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






32. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






33. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






34. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






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






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






37. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






38. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






39. Sets a term limit for the President






40. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






44. Separation by race.






45. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






50. Founding father - politician - scientist