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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






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






3. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






4. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






6. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






7. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






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






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






10. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






11. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






12. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






15. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






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






17. President during Roaring 20's






18. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






20. Cowboys drove herds of cattle along trails to be shipped to the East by railroad.






21. Abolished the poll tax.






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






23. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






31. Abolished slavery






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






33. Founding father - politician - scientist






34. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






37. Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed - the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.






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






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






40. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






41. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






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






43. Sets a term limit for the President






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.







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