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






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






3. American painter from 1920's

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4. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






5. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






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






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






11. A standoff between the Us and the Soviet Union when it was discovered that the Soviets had installed missiles pointed at the Us.






12. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






16. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






17. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






19. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






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






21. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






23. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






26. 1914 - 1918






27. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






29. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






31. President 1961-63






32. Separation by race.






33. President 1980-88.






34. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






36. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






39. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






41. New York political machine boss.

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42. No quartering of troops during peace time






43. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






45. First astronaut to land on the moon.






46. Right to bear arms






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






48. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






50. Invented the vaccine for polio