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






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






3. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






4. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






6. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






10. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






12. President during Roaring 20's






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






14. President 1963-68






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






17. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






19. United Farm Workers activist






20. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






23. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






25. President 1961-63






26. Sets a term limit for the President






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






28. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






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






38. New York political machine boss.

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39. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






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






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






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






43. Trial by jury.






44. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






47. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






49. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






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