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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Early rock n ' roll performer






2. No cruel or unusual punishment.






3. Works Progress Administration. New Deal work program during Depression.






4. First astronaut to land on the moon.






5. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






6. New York political machine boss.

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7. Trial by jury.






8. No unlawful search and seizure.






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






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






11. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






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






13. Supreme Court decision that upheld segregation and said that 'separate but equal' facilities were legal.






14. United Farm Workers activist






15. President during Roaring 20's






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






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






18. The right to vote for women.






19. President 1980-88.






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






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






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






23. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






24. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






25. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






27. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






29. Ruled criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations






30. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






31. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






32. President 1961-63






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






34. 1860 - 1865






35. Established the federal income tax.






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






37. Separation by race.






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






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






40. American painter from 1920's

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41. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






42. Political movement involving farmers - who wanted silver dollars (inflation) - government ownership of railroads - and lower protective tariffs.






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






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






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






46. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I






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






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






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






50. Sets a term limit for the President







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