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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. Invented the vaccine for polio






2. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






3. President 1961-63






4. Established the federal income tax.






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






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






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


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






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






10. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






12. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






14. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






17. President 1980-88.






18. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






19. First form of government established by the 13 states.






20. Right to bear arms






21. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






23. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






25. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






26. Separation by race.






27. New York political machine boss.


28. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






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






32. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






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






36. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






39. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






40. The direct election of US Senators.






41. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






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






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






45. Sets a term limit for the President






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






47. President 1963-68






48. United Farm Workers activist






49. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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