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






2. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






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






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






7. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






9. 1860 - 1865






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






11. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






13. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






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






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






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






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






18. American painter from 1920's


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






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






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






22. President during Roaring 20's






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






24. New York political machine boss.


25. 1939 - 1945






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






27. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






29. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






31. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






33. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






35. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






37. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






38. First astronaut to land on the moon.






39. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






42. Power is shared between the states and national government.






43. Abolished slavery






44. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






45. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






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






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






49. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






50. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.