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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. Powers reserved to the states






2. Period of African - American cultural creativity in Music - art - literature during the 1920's






3. New York political machine boss.

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






5. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






7. Makes sure no branch of the government becomes too powerful.






8. Trial by jury.






9. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






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






12. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






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






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






18. Invented the vaccine for polio






19. Separation by race.






20. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.






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






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






23. No quartering of troops during peace time






24. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






26. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






27. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






28. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






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






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






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






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






33. Established the federal income tax.






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






35. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






37. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






41. The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.






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






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






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






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






46. Communist leader of Cuba.






47. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






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






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






50. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.







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