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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






3. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






5. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






8. American painter from 1920's

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9. The direct election of US Senators.






10. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






11. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






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






17. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






20. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






29. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






31. No cruel or unusual punishment.






32. Communist leader of Cuba.






33. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






37. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






38. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






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






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