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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






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






4. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






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






6. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






7. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






9. 1914 - 1918






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






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






12. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






13. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






14. President 1980-88.






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






16. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






17. American painter from 1920's

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18. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






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






20. Populist presidential candidate and prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.






21. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






23. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






24. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






26. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






27. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






28. Law that provided 160 acres to anyone who was willing to settle land in the West.






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






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






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






32. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






35. Separation by race.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






44. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.






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






46. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






48. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






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






50. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.