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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No quartering of troops during peace time






2. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






3. President 1961-63






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






5. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






7. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






9. United Farm Workers activist






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






11. 1914 - 1918






12. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






14. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






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






16. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






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






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






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






20. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






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






22. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Separation by race.






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






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






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






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






34. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






35. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






44. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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






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






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