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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. President 1980-88.






9. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






11. 1939 - 1945






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






13. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






14. Established the federal income tax.






15. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






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






19. The right to vote for women.






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






21. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






22. Invented the vaccine for polio






23. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.






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






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






26. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






27. The direct election of US Senators.






28. Abolished slavery






29. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






33. 1860 - 1865






34. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






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






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






37. Sets a term limit for the President






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






39. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






41. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






42. Powers reserved to the states






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






44. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






45. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






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






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






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






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






50. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.