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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






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






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






4. The prohibition of alcohol.






5. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






8. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






11. 1860 - 1865






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






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






14. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






18. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






20. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






21. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.






22. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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






26. President 1980-88.






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






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






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






30. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






31. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






32. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






33. Abolished slavery






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






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






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






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






38. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






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






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






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






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






43. Abolished the poll tax.






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






45. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






46. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






47. President 1961-63






48. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






49. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






50. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.