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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






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






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






4. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.






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






6. 1920's women began to demand more freedom and assert their independence.






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






8. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






9. 1914 - 1918






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






11. Sets a term limit for the President






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






13. Movement of people into a country from another country.






14. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Right to bear arms






27. The right to vote for women.






28. The prohibition of alcohol.






29. Securities & Exchange Commission - regulates stock market. Created during Depression.






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






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






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






33. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.






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






35. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






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






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






38. President 1963-68






39. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






40. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Alternate term for 1920's.






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






49. President 1980-88.






50. President of the US during the Civil War.







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