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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. Congressional approval that gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in Vietnam.






3. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






4. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






5. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






6. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.






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






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






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






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






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






12. President during Roaring 20's






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






14. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.






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






16. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






18. Early rock n ' roll performer






19. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






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






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






24. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






26. LJB's agenda designed to help poor American's.






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






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






29. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






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






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






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






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






35. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






36. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






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






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






41. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






42. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






45. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






46. President 1961-63






47. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






48. 1939 - 1945






49. President 1963-68






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







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