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






2. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






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






4. Rights reserved to the people.






5. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






7. Communist leader of Cuba.






8. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






10. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






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






12. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






14. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






15. President of the US during the Civil War.






16. Abolished the poll tax.






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






18. Abolished slavery






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






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






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






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






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






24. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






25. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






27. Right to bear arms






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






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






30. The right to a fast and public trial.






31. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






33. President 1963-68






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






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






36. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






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






38. 1860 - 1865






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






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






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






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






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






44. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






48. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






50. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.