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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. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






2. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






3. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






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






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






6. Abolished the poll tax.






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






8. President 1961-63






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






10. Movement of people into a country from another country.






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






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






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






14. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






15. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






18. The right to vote for women.






19. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






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






23. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






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






25. Powers reserved to the states






26. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






27. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






29. 1914 - 1918






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






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






32. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






35. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






36. American painter from 1920's

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






38. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






40. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






41. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






44. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






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






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






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