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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






2. The right to a fast and public trial.






3. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






4. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






7. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






8. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






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






10. Alternate term for 1920's.






11. Abolished slavery






12. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






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






14. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






15. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






19. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






20. Civil Rights leader from 1950's -1960's. Assassinated in 1968.






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






22. President during Roaring 20's






23. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






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






27. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






31. Abolished the poll tax.






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






33. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






42. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






43. Trial by jury.






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






45. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






46. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






50. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.