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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






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






4. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






5. Established the federal income tax.






6. 1860 - 1865






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






8. Abolished the poll tax.






9. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






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






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






21. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






24. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






25. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






27. 1939 - 1945






28. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






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






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






33. The right to vote for women.






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






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






36. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






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






42. President during Roaring 20's






43. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






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






47. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






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






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






50. President 1961-63







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