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TAKS 11th Grade Us History

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






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






3. Competition between European countries to create empires.






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






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






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






7. Revolutionary era British pampleteer. Wrote Common Sense.






8. Allowed temporary work contracts for Mexican immigrants.






9. Rights reserved to the people.






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






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






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






13. 1939 - 1945






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






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






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






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






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






19. President 1961-63






20. Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.






21. The direct election of US Senators.






22. Made segregation illegal in public schools.






23. The prohibition of alcohol.






24. Reapportionment / one man - one vote






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






26. Right to bear arms






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






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






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






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






31. 1944 invasion of Europe. (D- Day)






32. 1860 - 1865






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






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






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






36. The belief that America had the God - given right and duty to expand across the continent






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






38. A system by which people can conduct business free of government control except for reasonable regulations made for the public good.






39. Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government






40. President of the US during the Civil War.






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






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






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






44. Period after the Civil War in the US when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.






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






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






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






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






49. The right to vote for women.






50. Growth of cities. Large range of urban problems including sanitation - transportation - and crowded living conditions.







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