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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






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






4. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






7. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






10. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






11. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






13. 1914 - 1918






14. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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






19. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






22. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






23. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.






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






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






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






27. President 1963-68






28. President during Roaring 20's






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






30. Competition between European countries to create empires.






31. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






33. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






35. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






36. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






38. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






39. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






40. President 1980-88.






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






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






43. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






44. Abolished slavery






45. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






47. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






48. Invented the vaccine for polio






49. Rights reserved to the people.






50. Progressive president who served during WW I.