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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. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






3. Early civil rights leader and founder of the NAACP. Du Bois demanded equality for African - Americans






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






5. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






8. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






9. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






13. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






15. The direct election of US Senators.






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






17. Powers reserved to the states






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






19. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






22. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






24. The right to a fast and public trial.






25. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






26. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






27. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






28. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






29. New York political machine boss.


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






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






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






33. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






35. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






38. 1914 - 1918






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






40. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






41. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Right to bear arms






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






50. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.