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






2. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






4. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






5. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






6. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.


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






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






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






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






11. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






13. President 1963-68






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






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






16. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






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






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






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






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






22. No unlawful search and seizure.






23. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






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






28. The right to a fast and public trial.






29. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






31. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






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






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






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






45. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






46. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






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






48. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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