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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. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






3. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






5. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






6. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






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






8. No quartering of troops during peace time






9. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






12. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






15. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






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






20. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






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






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






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






24. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






25. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Powers reserved to the states






37. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






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






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






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






43. President 1963-68






44. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






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






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






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