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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. President 1963-68






3. American painter from 1920's

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4. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






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






9. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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






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






14. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






15. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






16. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.






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






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






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






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






21. 1860 - 1865






22. President during Roaring 20's






23. Separation by race.






24. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






25. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






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






30. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






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






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






33. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






36. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






38. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






46. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






49. Dec.7 - 1941 - Japanese attack on US naval base at Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters the war as a result.






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







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