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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






2. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






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






4. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






6. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency






7. Business tycoon who controlled most of the steel industry.






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






9. President 1961-63






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






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






12. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.






13. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






14. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






15. Right to bear arms






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






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






18. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






20. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government over the role of the national government.






21. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






23. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






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






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






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






29. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President






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






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






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






33. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






37. Established the federal income tax.






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






39. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






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






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






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






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






44. Ruled those arrested must be informed of their right to an attorney before questioning






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






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






47. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






49. President 1980-88.






50. Abolished the poll tax.