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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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1. LBJ's program that addressed America's social problems including health care - civil rights - and urban decay.






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






3. Alternate term for 1920's.






4. Made discrimination based on race - religion or national origin in public places.






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






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






7. Sets a term limit for the President






8. Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920's.






9. President 1980-88.






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






11. United Farm Workers activist






12. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Abolished the poll tax.






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






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






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






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






23. President 1961-63






24. Gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law regardless of color.






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






26. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






28. First astronaut to land on the moon.






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






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






31. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Formed to defend Europe against Soviet Union.






32. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






34. Repealed the 18th amendment and ends Prohibition






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






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






37. Right to bear arms






38. Leader of the women's suffrage movement.






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






40. Mississippi civil rights activist. Assasinated by KKK member.






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






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






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






44. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






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






46. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






47. Trial by jury.






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






49. Essays written to encourage ratification of the constitution.






50. Reapportionment / one man - one vote







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