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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






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






3. President 1961-63






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






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






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






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






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






9. The right to vote for women.






10. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






11. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






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






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






14. President 1963-68






15. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.






16. No unlawful search and seizure.






17. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






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






23. Trial by jury.






24. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






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






26. Competition between European countries to create empires.






27. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






28. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






30. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






31. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






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






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






35. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






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






40. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






42. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






43. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






45. Group of African - American students that were integrated into an all - white school in 1957






46. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






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






50. Freedom of speech - religion and press;