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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 1939 - 1945






8. Communist leader of Cuba.






9. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






10. Trial by jury.






11. President during Roaring 20's






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






13. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






16. President 1961-63






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






18. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






20. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






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






23. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






24. Powers reserved to the states






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






26. President 1963-68






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






28. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






29. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. President of the US during the Civil War.






37. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






38. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






40. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






41. Competition between European countries to create empires.






42. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






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






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






45. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






47. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






48. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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