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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






2. Established the federal income tax.






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






4. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






7. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






8. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






9. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






11. United Farm Workers activist






12. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






13. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






14. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






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






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






20. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






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






22. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






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






24. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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






28. New York political machine boss.

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29. President 1961-63






30. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






32. The right to vote for women.






33. 1860 - 1865






34. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






38. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






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






43. Separation by race.






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






45. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






47. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






48. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






50. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.