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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. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






2. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






4. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






7. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






10. The right to vote for women.






11. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






15. American painter from 1920's

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






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






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






19. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






21. 1914 - 1918






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






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






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






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






26. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






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






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






29. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






30. Communist leader of Cuba.






31. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






32. The direct election of US Senators.






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






34. 1939 - 1945






35. Founding father - politician - scientist






36. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






38. Competition between European countries to create empires.






39. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






41. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






42. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






43. United Farm Workers activist






44. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






46. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






50. No cruel or unusual punishment.