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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. 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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2. US general in charge of the Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean.






3. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






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






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






7. Sets a term limit for the President






8. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.






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






10. The first African - American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives.






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






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






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






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






15. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






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






18. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






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






20. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






24. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






25. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






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






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






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






30. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






31. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






33. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






36. Established the federal income tax.






37. President 1961-63






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






39. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






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






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






43. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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






46. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






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






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






50. American painter from 1920's

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