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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. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






3. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






6. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






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






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






10. 1939 - 1945






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






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






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






14. Powers reserved to the states






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






16. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






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






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






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






21. No quartering of troops during peace time






22. Established the federal income tax.






23. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






24. No unlawful search and seizure.






25. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






26. Right to bear arms






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






28. The prohibition of alcohol.






29. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






30. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






31. No cruel or unusual punishment.






32. Trial by jury.






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






34. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






35. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






37. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






39. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






40. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






41. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






44. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






45. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






47. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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