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






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






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






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






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






6. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






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






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






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






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






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






12. No cruel or unusual punishment.






13. No quartering of troops during peace time






14. Abolished the poll tax.






15. New York political machine boss.

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






17. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






20. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






22. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






24. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






25. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






26. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






30. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






31. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






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






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






34. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






36. Established the federal income tax.






37. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






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






41. Communist leader of Cuba.






42. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






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






46. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






47. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






48. Sets a term limit for the President






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






50. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.