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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






2. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






3. President during Roaring 20's






4. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






5. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






7. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






10. The right to vote for women.






11. President 1963-68






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






13. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






15. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






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






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






18. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






22. Powers reserved to the states






23. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






24. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






26. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






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






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






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






32. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






33. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






36. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






38. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






39. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






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






41. Right to bear arms






42. Separation by race.






43. Alternate term for 1920's.






44. Trial by jury.






45. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






46. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






47. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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