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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. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






2. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






3. Soviet leader during 1950's - 60's






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






5. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






7. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






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






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






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






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






12. 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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13. Invented the vaccine for polio






14. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






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






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






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






26. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






28. A wall built by the Soviets to separate East and West Berlin. The wall stood until 1989.






29. Period of African - American cultural creativity in Music - art - literature during the 1920's






30. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






38. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






39. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






41. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






44. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






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






46. President of the US during the Civil War.






47. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






50. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.