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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. 1939 - 1945






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






3. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






4. Early rock n ' roll performer






5. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






8. President 1963-68






9. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






10. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






12. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






14. New York political machine boss.

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






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






17. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






21. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






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






23. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.






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






25. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. No cruel or unusual punishment.






33. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






35. Right to bear arms






36. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






37. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






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






39. Competition between European countries to create empires.






40. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






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






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






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






44. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






46. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






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






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