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






2. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






3. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






6. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






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






8. Established the federal income tax.






9. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






10. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






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






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






13. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






14. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






18. Abolished slavery






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






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






21. American painter from 1920's


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






23. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






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






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






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






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






28. Right to bear arms






29. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.


30. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






31. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






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






35. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






36. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






39. Movement of people into a country from another country.






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






41. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






42. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






45. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






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






47. President 1961-63






48. The right to a fast and public trial.






49. President of the US during the Civil War.






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