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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






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






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






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






6. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.






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






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






9. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






10. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






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






12. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






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






20. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






22. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






25. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






27. 1914 - 1918






28. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






29. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






33. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.






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






35. Abolished the poll tax.






36. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






39. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






40. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






43. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






46. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






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






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






49. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






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