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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






2. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






3. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






4. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






5. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






7. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






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






11. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






12. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






13. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






14. No unlawful search and seizure.






15. Established the federal income tax.






16. Right to bear arms






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






18. Powers reserved to the states






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






20. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






21. Separation by race.






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






23. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






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






28. 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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29. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






31. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






32. Competition between European countries to create empires.






33. New York political machine boss.

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






35. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






37. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






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






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






43. Founding father - politician - scientist






44. The right to vote for women.






45. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






46. No quartering of troops during peace time






47. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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







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