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TAKS 11th Grade Us History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.
Teapot Dome Scandal
King George III
William Jennings Bryan
Civil War
2. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968
6th Amendment
Bobby Kennedy
1st Amendment
Dawes Act
3. Communist leader of Cuba.
Douglas MacArthur
Bay of Pigs
William H. Taft
Fidel Castro
4. President during Roaring 20's
Bobby Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Harry S. Truman
Calvin Coolidge
5. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.
Teapot Dome Scandal
George Wallace
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
6. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Baker v. Carr
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.
8th Amendment
Prohibition
Red Scare
Watergate
8. Alternate term for 1920's.
The Jazz Age
Dust Bowl
16th Amendment
William H. Taft
9. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.
Gloria Steinem
Gideon v. Wainwright
Urbanization
Marshall Plan (1948)
10. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President
Cesar Chavez
Medger Evers
Initiative / Referendum / Recall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
11. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action
George Wallace
19thAmendment
Separation of Powers
Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke
12. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.
Richard M. Nixon
Dawes Act
William H. Taft
Marshall Plan (1948)
13. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.
14th Amendment
Fidel Castro
League of Nations
Muckrakers
14. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.
John Scopes
Bracero Program
Containment
U.S.S. Maine
15. Competition between European countries to create empires.
Hoovervilles
Imperialism
Berlin Airlift
Treaty of Versailles
16. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Clarence Darrow
The Jazz Age
2nd Amendment
Treaty of Versailles
17. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.
Sputnik
Baker v. Carr
Korean War
17th Amendment
18. Gave African - American men the right to vote.
FDIC
15th Amendment
Omar Bradley
Viet Nam
19. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.
18th Amendment
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Domino Theory
Richard M. Nixon
20. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.
Brown v. Board of Education
Bill of Rights
Columbian Exchange
Nullification Crisis
21. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.
John J. Pershing
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
22nd Amendment
22. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.
Gloria Steinem
Initiative / Referendum / Recall
Plessy v. Ferguson
Imperialism
23. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.
The Scopes Trial
Containment
26th Amendment
Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke
24. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.
Homestead Act
Sacco and Vanzetti
Clarence Darrow
Emancipation Proclamation
25. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.
Battle of Wounded Knee
Rosa Parks
Reynolds v. Sims
Dust Bowl
26. Reapportionment / one man - one vote
Jim Crow laws
Ronald Reagan
Watergate
Baker v. Carr
27. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.
Gloria Steinem
4th Amendment
Spanish - American War
Populism
28. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency
Teapot Dome Scandal
Gloria Steinem
Emancipation Proclamation
Laissez Faire
29. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.
Trench Warfare
The Articles of Confederation
The Rosenberg's
8th Amendment
30. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.
Georgia O'Keefe
Political machines
Reynolds v. Sims
Elvis Presley
31. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
Shirley Chisholm
Korean War
Fourteen Points
Watergate
32. President 1961-63
Viet Nam
Bay of Pigs
John F. Kennedy
Benjamin Franklin
33. New York political machine boss.
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34. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's
15th Amendment
Cattle Drives
Nikita Kruschev
Federalist Papers
35. LJB's agenda designed to help poor American's.
The War on Poverty
Joe McCarthy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10th Amendment
36. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.
18th Amendment
Bobby Kennedy
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
John Scopes
37. American painter from 1920's
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38. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.
George Wallace
U-2 Incident
Battle of Midway
Social Darwinism
39. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.
2nd Amendment
William Jennings Bryan
Muckrakers
The Little Rock Nine
40. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.
Pearl Harbor
Treaty of Versailles
Double V Campaign
Lyndon B. Johnson
41. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.
Spanish - American War
Viet Nam
Domino Theory
The Great Migration
42. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.
Double V Campaign
Pearl Harbor
Bill of Rights
Alfred Thayer Mahan
43. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.
Separation of Powers
22nd Amendment
Omar Bradley
Korean War
44. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial
The Scopes Trial
William Jennings Bryan
Separation of Powers
WPA
45. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.
Henry Ford
George Washington
Thomas Paine
2nd Amendment
46. 1860 - 1865
Homestead Act
Containment
Checks and Balances
Civil War
47. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
William H. Taft
court packing
8th Amendment
Truman Doctrine (1947)
48. President 1980-88.
Checks and Balances
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt
Tenements
49. Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.
Hoovervilles
Clarence Darrow
Barbed wire
Rosa Parks
50. Abolished the poll tax.
24th Amendment
4th Amendment
Island hopping
George Washington