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






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






3. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






5. The direct election of US Senators.






6. Abolished slavery






7. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






11. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






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






13. 1860 - 1865






14. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






15. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






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






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






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






19. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






21. New York political machine boss.

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






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






24. Powers reserved to the states






25. President during Roaring 20's






26. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






27. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






28. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






30. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






32. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






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






34. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






35. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






37. 1939 - 1945






38. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






40. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






43. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






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






47. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






48. Civil Rights leader from 1950's -1960's. Assassinated in 1968.






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






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