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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. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






2. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






3. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.

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






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






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






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






8. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






11. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






13. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






15. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






17. 1914 - 1918






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. United Farm Workers activist






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






27. No cruel or unusual punishment.






28. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






29. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






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






37. The right to vote for women.






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






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






40. Invented the vaccine for polio






41. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






42. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






44. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






45. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






46. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






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






48. President during Roaring 20's






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






50. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.