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






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






3. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






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






5. The right to a fast and public trial.






6. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






10. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






12. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






14. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






15. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






16. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






18. Abolished slavery






19. Abolished the poll tax.






20. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






23. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






24. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






27. Sets a term limit for the President






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






29. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






30. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






31. United Farm Workers activist






32. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






33. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






34. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.






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






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






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






38. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






41. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






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






43. 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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44. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






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






47. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






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






50. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.