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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. No unlawful search and seizure.






2. The direct election of US Senators.






3. American painter from 1920's

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






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






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






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






8. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






10. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






13. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






16. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






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






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






20. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






23. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






24. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






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






26. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






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






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






29. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






30. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






31. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






32. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






34. Trial by jury.






35. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






36. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






39. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






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






41. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






44. Communist leader of Cuba.






45. Powers reserved to the states






46. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






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






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






49. A 1944 law that gives military veterans financial and education benefits.






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