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






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






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






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






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






6. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






10. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






12. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






14. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






15. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






18. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






20. New York political machine boss.

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21. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The prohibition of alcohol.






28. President 1961-63






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






30. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






33. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






34. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






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






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






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






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






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






40. A standoff between the Us and the Soviet Union when it was discovered that the Soviets had installed missiles pointed at the Us.






41. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






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






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






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






45. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






46. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






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






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






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






50. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.