Test your basic knowledge |

TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






2. Progressive president who served during WW I.






3. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 1939 - 1945






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






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






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






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






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






15. American painter from 1920's

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


16. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






19. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






20. Abolished slavery






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






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






23. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






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






25. United Farm Workers activist






26. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






29. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






32. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






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






34. Competition between European countries to create empires.






35. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






36. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






38. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






39. 1860 - 1865






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






41. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






43. Rights reserved to the people.






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






45. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






46. President 1980-88.






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






48. Right to bear arms






49. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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