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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






2. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






3. Founding father - politician - scientist






4. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






5. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






6. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






7. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






11. First astronaut to land on the moon.






12. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






15. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






19. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






20. Powers reserved to the states






21. The right to vote for women.






22. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






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






26. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






27. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






28. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






29. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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

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41. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






42. Separation by race.






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






44. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






47. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.






48. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






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






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







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