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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.






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






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






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






5. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






6. President 1961-63






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






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






9. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






12. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






13. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






14. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






16. President during Roaring 20's






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






18. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






19. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






20. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






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






25. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






27. Trial by jury.






28. Established the federal income tax.






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






30. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Separation by race.






38. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






40. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






42. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






44. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






45. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






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






47. Alternate term for 1920's.






48. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






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






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