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TAKS 11th Grade Us History
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1. Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
18th Amendment
Watergate
Flappers
2. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.
17th Amendment
Domino Theory
8th Amendment
Baker v. Carr
3. No quartering of troops during peace time
Miranda v. Arizona
3rd Amendment
Trench Warfare
Reconstruction
4. Right to bear arms
8th Amendment
Rough Riders
2nd Amendment
Flappers
5. No unlawful search and seizure.
GI Bill
George Washington
Neil Armstrong
4th Amendment
6. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains - eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.
8th Amendment
FDIC
Barbed wire
Laissez Faire
7. Abolished slavery
Watergate
13th Amendment
26th Amendment
Prohibition
8. W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I
Checks and Balances
Gloria Steinem
Fourteen Points
The Articles of Confederation
9. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
League of Nations
Thomas Paine
John J. Pershing
10. The mass migration of African - Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.
William 'Boss' Tweed
The Great Migration
Spanish - American War
22nd Amendment
11. American painter from 1920's
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12. Ruling bared quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action
Joe McCarthy
Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke
John J. Pershing
Omar Bradley
13. Rights reserved to the people.
Medger Evers
Escobedo v. Illinois
Harry S. Truman
9th Amendment
14. 1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy.
Korean War
Reynolds v. Sims
The Harlem Renaissance
John Scopes
15. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
Social Darwinism
Truman Doctrine (1947)
Berlin Airlift
Elvis Presley
16. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.
Douglas MacArthur
Tenements
Calvin Coolidge
Yellow Journalism
17. Depression - era shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people.
13th Amendment
Hoovervilles
1st Amendment
Spanish - American War
18. US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D- Day). Cold War President
WEB DuBois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reynolds v. Sims
Battle of Midway
19. Progressive era President. Pro - imperialist.
Theodore Roosevelt
19thAmendment
Georgia O'Keefe
FDIC
20. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.
Douglas MacArthur
Domino Theory
Pearl Harbor
Viet Nam
21. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.
Columbian Exchange
The Holocaust
Social Darwinism
Trench Warfare
22. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.
Transcontinental railroad
Sacco and Vanzetti
Viet Nam
Harry S. Truman
23. 1860 - 1865
Reconstruction
Clarence Darrow
24th Amendment
Civil War
24. The prohibition of alcohol.
18th Amendment
Joe McCarthy
Warren G. Harding
William Jennings Bryan
25. Laws that maintained segregation by preventing African Americans from voting.
Benjamin Franklin
Jim Crow laws
Transcontinental railroad
Clarence Darrow
26. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.
5th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
Alfred Thayer Mahan
NATO (1959)
27. Reform movement that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It also increased organized crime.
Federalism
Medger Evers
Prohibition
Thomas Jefferson
28. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.
Free Enterprise Economy
U.S.S. Maine
Normandy
Island hopping
29. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.
Bracero Program
Great Society
Medger Evers
Shirley Chisholm
30. Example of corruption during Warren G. Harding's Presidency
Teapot Dome Scandal
26th Amendment
Containment
Richard M. Nixon
31. Alternate term for 1920's.
WEB DuBois
19thAmendment
John Scopes
The Jazz Age
32. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.
Baker v. Carr
Bracero Program
court packing
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
33. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.
George Wallace
William H. Taft
NATO (1959)
Malcolm X
34. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
SEC
Thomas Paine
Lyndon B. Johnson
35. No double jeopardy - do not have to testify against yourself.
3rd Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt
36. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.
The Holocaust
Susan B. Anthony
King George III
World War II
37. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.
Segregation
Harry S. Truman
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Battle of Midway
38. US operation that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948.
Industrialization
Laissez Faire
Berlin Airlift
18th Amendment
39. American feminist icon - journalist - and social and political activist.
Sputnik
Henry Ford
Gloria Steinem
Separation of Powers
40. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Great Society
Double V Campaign
41. A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and the pilot - Francis Gary Powers - was captured.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Jazz Age
U-2 Incident
The Little Rock Nine
42. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.
Abraham Lincoln
Urbanization
15th Amendment
Civil War
43. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.
22nd Amendment
FDIC
court packing
Malcolm X
44. Black Muslim who argued for separation - not integration. He changed his views - but was assassinated in 1965.
Georgia O'Keefe
Neil Armstrong
Malcolm X
Samuel Adams
45. 1914 - 1918
Theodore Roosevelt
World War I
Normandy
The Scopes Trial
46. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I
John J. Pershing
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Hoovervilles
Flappers
47. The idea that government should not interfere with business practices.
NATO (1959)
The Jazz Age
Laissez Faire
8th Amendment
48. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.
George Washington
Political machines
10th Amendment
Rough Riders
49. First astronaut to land on the moon.
FDIC
Initiative / Referendum / Recall
Clarence Darrow
Neil Armstrong
50. FDR's program for fighting the Great Depression.
Susan B. Anthony
William 'Boss' Tweed
Watergate
The New Deal