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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






2. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






4. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






6. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






7. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






9. President 1961-63






10. Trial by jury.






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






12. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. President 1980-88.






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






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






22. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






26. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






29. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






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






40. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






41. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






42. Established the federal income tax.






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






44. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






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






47. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






48. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






50. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)