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






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






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






4. President during Roaring 20's






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






6. Abolished the poll tax.






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






8. Abolished slavery






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






10. 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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11. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






12. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






13. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






17. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






21. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






35. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






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






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






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






41. 1939 - 1945






42. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






43. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






45. Trial by jury.






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






47. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






48. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






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






50. Right to bear arms