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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






2. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






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






6. 1860 - 1865






7. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






9. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






10. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






12. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






14. 1939 - 1945






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






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






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






18. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






20. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






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






24. Alternate term for 1920's.






25. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






27. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






31. President 1961-63






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






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






34. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






37. American painter from 1920's

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






39. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






40. Power is shared between the states and national government.






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






42. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






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






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






45. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






48. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






49. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






50. Invented the vaccine for polio