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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






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






3. First form of government established by the 13 states.






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






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






6. President 1963-68






7. Powers reserved to the states






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






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






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






11. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






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






13. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






14. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






16. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action






17. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






19. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






20. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






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






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






23. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






26. 1914 - 1918






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






28. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






32. Established the federal income tax.






33. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






35. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






36. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






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






41. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






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






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






44. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






47. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






48. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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