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






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






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






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






5. President 1963-68






6. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






8. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






10. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






13. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






17. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






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






23. Early rock n ' roll performer






24. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






26. United Farm Workers activist






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






28. Right to bear arms






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






30. Trial by jury.






31. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






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






33. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






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






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






37. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






38. Sets a term limit for the President






39. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






40. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






42. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






46. The right to vote for women.






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






48. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






49. No cruel or unusual punishment.






50. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.