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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






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






3. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






4. Invented the vaccine for polio






5. Separation by race.






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






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






8. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






9. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






11. Law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land.






12. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






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






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






17. 1914 - 1918






18. Photographer who raised awareness of working and living conditions of immigrants in the factories and tenements.






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






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






21. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






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






24. Rights reserved to the people.






25. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






27. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






28. Alabama governor - segregationist - presidential candidate. Shot and left paralyzed.






29. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






31. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






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






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






34. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.






48. Early African - American leader - believed African - Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.






49. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






50. Founding father - politician - scientist







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