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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. US General who led the US 1st Army during the Invasion of Normandy.






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






4. Progressive - era journalists sought to bring about reform.






5. Invented the vaccine for polio






6. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






7. Apartments built in city slums to house large numbers of immigrants.






8. The turning point in the war in the Pacific.






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






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






11. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






12. Abolished the poll tax.






13. 1st ten amendments to Constitution. Protects individual rights.






14. Progressive - era reforms that gave citizens more political power`






15. 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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16. Gave African - American men the right to vote.






17. Competition between European countries to create empires.






18. No cruel or unusual punishment.






19. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I






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






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






22. Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.






23. The belief that if a nearby nation becomes communist then surrounding nations will do the same.






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






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






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






27. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






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






31. The right to vote for women.






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






33. 1939 - 1945






34. Communist leader of Cuba.






35. No quartering of troops during peace time






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






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






38. The direct election of US Senators.






39. US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.






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






41. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.






42. President 1980-88.






43. Early rock n ' roll performer






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






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






46. Statesman - political philosopher - and one of the Founding Fathers






47. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






48. War between the communist of North Vietnam and non - communist armies of S Vietnam supported by the US.






49. 1860 - 1865






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







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