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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






4. First astronaut to land on the moon.






5. Competition between European countries to create empires.






6. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






10. President 1961-63






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






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






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






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






15. Invented the vaccine for polio






16. Established the federal income tax.






17. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






20. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






22. African Americans pledged to fight for "Double Victory" - victory over Hitler in Europe - but also against racism at home.






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






24. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






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






26. President 1980-88.






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






28. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






29. 1939 - 1945






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






31. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






32. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






34. President of the US during the Civil War.






35. Sets a term limit for the President






36. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






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






39. No quartering of troops during peace time






40. No unlawful search and seizure.






41. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






42. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






43. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.






44. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






47. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






48. Right to bear arms






49. Rights reserved to the people.






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







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