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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. United Farm Workers activist






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






4. Founding father - politician - scientist






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






6. Divides the powers of government into 3 branches: legislative - executive - judicial






7. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






9. Compromise between the big and small states over representation in Congress






10. Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.






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






12. The right to a fast and public trial.






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






14. American pilot who made the first non - stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.






15. Area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland.






16. Post - WW I attempt to create a United Nations type organization. US did not join.






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






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






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






20. 1914 - 1918






21. Established the federal income tax.






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






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






24. The right to vote for women.






25. The first man - made satellite to be launched into outer space.






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






27. US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.






28. First president of the US. General in Revolutionary War.






29. The policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations.






30. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






31. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






32. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






33. Accused people of being Communists without providing evidence.






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






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






36. Policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.






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






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






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






40. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






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






42. New York political machine boss.

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






44. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






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






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






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






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






49. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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







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