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






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






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






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






5. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






6. The direct election of US Senators.






7. The right to a fast and public trial.






8. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






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






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






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






13. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






14. Abolished slavery






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






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






17. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






18. 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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19. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






20. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






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






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






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






24. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






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






28. Separation by race.






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






30. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






31. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






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






33. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






34. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






35. First astronaut to land on the moon.






36. United Farm Workers activist






37. New York political machine boss.

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






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






40. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






41. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






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






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






44. Invented the vaccine for polio






45. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






46. The prohibition of alcohol.






47. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






50. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.