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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






4. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






5. President 1980-88.






6. 1914 - 1918






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






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






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






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






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






12. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






13. Progressive president who served during WW I.






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






15. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






17. The exchange of crops - animals - and disease and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas






18. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






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






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






21. New York political machine boss.

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22. The direct election of US Senators.






23. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.






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






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






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






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






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






29. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






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






32. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






35. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






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






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






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






40. Established the federal income tax.






41. Anarchists and Italian immigrants accused of murder. Sentenced to death.






42. Trial by jury.






43. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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