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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. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






3. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






4. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






7. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






8. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






12. Established the federal income tax.






13. 1939 - 1945






14. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






15. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






17. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






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






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






20. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






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






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






25. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






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






27. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






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






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






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






31. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






32. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






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






36. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






37. Trial by jury.






38. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






39. Abolished slavery






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






41. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






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






46. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






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






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






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