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






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






3. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






5. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






6. New York political machine boss.

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






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






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






10. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






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






13. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






14. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






16. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






17. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






26. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






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






28. Right to bear arms






29. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






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






31. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






35. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






37. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






38. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






42. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






43. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






44. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






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






46. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






48. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






50. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.