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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






2. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






4. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






5. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






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






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






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






9. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






10. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






11. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






12. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






14. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






17. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






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






19. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






20. American painter from 1920's

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21. Alternate term for 1920's.






22. United Farm Workers activist






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






24. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






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






26. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






30. No unlawful search and seizure.






31. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






32. Rights reserved to the people.






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






34. President 1961-63






35. 1860 - 1865






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






37. Group of African - American students that were integrated into an all - white school in 1957






38. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






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






40. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






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






45. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






46. Separation by race.






47. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






49. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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







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