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






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






3. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






7. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






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






11. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






18. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






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






21. Sets a term limit for the President






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






23. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






24. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






26. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






28. Established the federal income tax.






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






30. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






32. Alternate term for 1920's.






33. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






35. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.






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






37. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






39. 1914 - 1918






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






41. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






45. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






49. American painter from 1920's

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50. Abolished slavery