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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






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






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






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






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






6. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






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






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






9. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






10. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






11. No unlawful search and seizure.






12. The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of an agriculture economy.






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






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






15. First astronaut to land on the moon.






16. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






17. Ruled courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford attorneys.






18. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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






20. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






22. President 1963-68






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






24. Early civil rights leader and founder of the NAACP. Du Bois demanded equality for African - Americans






25. The right to vote for women.






26. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






27. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






28. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.






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






30. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






32. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.






33. 'Monkey Trial' that pitted creationism against Darwin's theory of evolution.






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






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






36. The direct election of US Senators.






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






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






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






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






41. President 1961-63






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






43. Communist leader of Cuba.






44. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






46. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






48. 1939 - 1945






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






50. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.







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