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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. President 1961-63






2. The belief that the rich succeed because they re superior to the poor.






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






4. Ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.






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






6. First astronaut to land on the moon.






7. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






11. Sets a term limit for the President






12. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) - Insurance for people's bank accounts.






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






14. Eliminated literacy tests for voters.






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






16. Communist leader of Cuba.






17. American painter from 1920's

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18. Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.






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






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






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






22. News that exaggerates the truth in order to sell more newspapers.






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






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






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






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






27. Gave 18 year - olds the right to vote - largely due to the draft.






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






29. Rights reserved to the people.






30. Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.






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






32. Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederate states.






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






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






35. 1860 - 1865






36. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






37. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






38. American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb. They were found guilty and sentenced to death.

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






40. The direct election of US Senators.






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






42. Author of The Jungle - book that describes conditions of the meat packing plants and immigrants struggles.






43. Progressive president who served during WW I.






44. 1914 - 1918






45. King of Great Britain during American Revolution






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






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






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






49. President 1968 - 74. Resigned after Watergate






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