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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






2. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.






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






4. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






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






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






10. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






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






15. The direct election of US Senators.






16. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






17. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






20. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






24. Abolished slavery






25. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






29. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






30. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






31. President during Roaring 20's






32. Separation by race.






33. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






35. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






38. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






41. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






42. New York political machine boss.

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






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






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






46. Period of African - American cultural creativity in Music - art - literature during the 1920's






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






48. The right to vote for women.






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






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