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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






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






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






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






5. JFK's brother and attorney general. Assassinated 1968






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






7. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






8. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






11. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






13. The right to vote for women.






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






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






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






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






18. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






20. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






21. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






23. Communist leader of Cuba.






24. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






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






29. Volunteer calvary unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame at the battle of San Juan Hill.






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






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






32. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






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






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






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






36. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






37. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






38. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






39. 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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40. President 1961-63






41. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






44. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






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






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






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






48. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






49. 1860 - 1865






50. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.