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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






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






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






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






5. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






7. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






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






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






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






11. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






12. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






13. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






16. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






17. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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

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






21. President 1961-63






22. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






26. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






27. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






28. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






30. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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






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






35. No quartering of troops during peace time






36. Right to bear arms






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






38. President 1963-68






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






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






41. Rights reserved to the people.






42. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






44. Trial by jury.






45. Invented the vaccine for polio






46. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






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






50. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.