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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






2. Auto manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass - produce the auto






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






4. Powers reserved to the states






5. 1869 - it helped connect the West and East coasts.






6. 1860 - 1865






7. Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.






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






9. Sets a term limit for the President






10. President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945






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






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






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






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






15. 1939 - 1945






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






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






18. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






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






20. 1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific.






21. No cruel or unusual punishment.






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






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






24. The period from the end of WW II through the mid -1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.






25. The prohibition of alcohol.






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






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






28. Freedom of speech - religion and press;






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






30. 1914 - 1918






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






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






33. Invented the vaccine for polio






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






35. United Farm Workers activist






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






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






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






39. US warship blown up in Havana Harbor off the coast of Cuba. The Spanish were blamed and war was declared.






40. Abolished slavery






41. Progressive president chosen as successor to Teddy Roosevelt.






42. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






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






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






45. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






46. The right to a fast and public trial.






47. Economy in which economic decisions (supply - prices - etc.) are made by the government rather than by market forces.






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






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






50. President 1963-68







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