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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President 1980-88.






2. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






4. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






5. Powers reserved to the states






6. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






10. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






11. No unlawful search and seizure.






12. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






14. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






16. New York political machine boss.


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






18. Separation by race.






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






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






21. The right to a fast and public trial.






22. Right to bear arms






23. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






24. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






32. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






33. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






34. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






35. Early rock n ' roll performer






36. 1860 - 1865






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






38. First astronaut to land on the moon.






39. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.


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






41. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






42. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






43. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






46. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






48. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






49. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






50. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.