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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






2. Teacher was charged with violating laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.






3. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






4. Competition between European countries to create empires.






5. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






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






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






10. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






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






12. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






13. American painter from 1920's

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






15. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






16. 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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17. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






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






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






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






21. New York political machine boss.

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22. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






24. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






26. Established the federal income tax.






27. President during Roaring 20's






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






29. The right to a fast and public trial.






30. A standoff between the Us and the Soviet Union when it was discovered that the Soviets had installed missiles pointed at the Us.






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






32. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






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






34. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






35. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






36. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






37. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






40. The direct election of US Senators.






41. Right to bear arms






42. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






44. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






46. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






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






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