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






2. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






5. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






6. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






7. United Farm Workers activist






8. Rights reserved to the people.






9. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






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






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






12. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






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






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






17. Abolished slavery






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






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






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






29. No cruel or unusual punishment.






30. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






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






32. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






35. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






36. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






37. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






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






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






43. President 1961-63






44. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






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






47. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






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






49. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






50. Powers reserved to the states