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






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






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






4. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






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






6. Separation by race.






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






8. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






9. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






12. 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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13. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






14. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






15. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






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






19. New York political machine boss.

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20. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






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






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






23. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






27. Sets a term limit for the President






28. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






29. The right to vote for women.






30. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






33. Competition between European countries to create empires.






34. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






37. 1939 - 1945






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






39. Trial by jury.






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






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






42. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






43. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






44. President of the US during the Civil War.






45. Movement of people into a country from another country.






46. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






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






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






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