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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






2. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






10. Rights reserved to the people.






11. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






12. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






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






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






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






16. First form of government established by the 13 states.






17. Progressive president who served during WW I.






18. Right to bear arms






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






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






21. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






22. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






23. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






24. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






25. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






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






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






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






31. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






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






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






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






35. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






36. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






38. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






39. Trial by jury.






40. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






44. Invented the vaccine for polio






45. Abolished slavery






46. No unlawful search and seizure.






47. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






50. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition