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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






3. President during 1920's period of corruption. Died in office.






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






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






6. President of the US during the Civil War.






7. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Communist leader of Cuba.






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






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






17. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






18. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






19. Opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield.






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






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






22. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






23. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






26. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






27. Alternate term for 1920's.






28. No cruel or unusual punishment.






29. Abolished the poll tax.






30. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






31. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






32. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






34. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






35. Progressive president who served during WW I.






36. The right to vote for women.






37. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






40. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






41. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






44. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






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






48. Separation by race.






49. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






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







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