Academic Vocabulary
TAKS--U.S. History
Reconstruction—rebuilding of the
South after the Civil War
Suffrage—the right to vote
Manifest Destiny—goal of U.S.
lands reaching the West Coast
Gilded Age—period of
industrialization and urbanization
after Civil War
Assembly Line—a standard of
efficient mass production using
interchangeable parts
Political Machine—corrupt
organization used for political gain
Progressivism—period of social
reforms
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare—
primary cause of U.S. involvement
in WWI against Germany
Fourteen Points—Wilson’s Peace
Plan after WWI
Great Migration—AfricanAmericans moving north during
WWI and 1920s for factory jobs
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Harlem Renaissance—AfricanAmerican artistic cultural
expression during 1920s
Prohibition—production and sale of
alcohol became illegal with 18th
Amendment in 1920
Great Depression—
period of low economic activity
1929-1941
New Deal—series of programs
designed for economic relief--FDR
Pearl Harbor—attack on U.S. by
Japan on Dec. 7, 1941
Rationing—distribution of goods to
consumers in a fixed amount (WWII)
D-Day—WWII invasion of Allies at
Normandy, France on June 6, 1944
Midway—greatest air battle in
Pacific War—turning point
Cold War—competition between
the USSR and US, 1945-1991
Marshall Plan—program of U.S. economic
assistance to postwar Western Europe
Containment—U.S. policy of
resisting expansion of communism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• 1949 alliance of
nations that agreed to
band together in the
event of war to
support and protect
each nation involved
Red Scare—fear of communists in
1920s and 1950s—postwar
(WWI/WWII)
McCarthyism—postwar
anti-communist smear tactics
Domino Theory—belief that when
one country becomes communist,
others will follow
G.I. Bill—law passed in 1944 to help
returning veterans buy homes, start
businesses, or pay for higher education
Baby Boom—1946-1964
A significant rise in U.S. births
Brown v. Board of Education--1954
Decision to de-segregate schools
Civil Rights—movement by African
Americans for full civil liberties
Rock and Roll
popular
music
started in
the 1950s
that grew
out of
rhythm
and blues
Sputnik—first artificial satellite to
orbit the earth—USSR, 1957
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1964
Congressional
Resolution
authorizing
President
to take action
in Vietnam
Great Society
President Lyndon
Johnson’s legislative
proposals for aid to
public education,
voting rights,
conservation,
medical care, and
poverty
Counterculture—group of young Americans
in the 1960s who rejected conventional
customs and mainstream culture
Watergate—scandal of illegal
activities that led to resignation of
President Nixon
NAFTA
North
American
Free Trade
Agreement
Lifted trade
restrictions
for U.S.,
Mexico
and Canada
TAKS Years
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1763
1776
1787
1791
1861
1865
1898
1918
1929
1941
1945
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1607—Jamestown
1763—Britain defeated France in N. America
1776—Declaration of Independence
1787--Constitution
1791—Bill of Rights
1861—start of Civil War
1865—end of Civil War—slavery ended
1898—Spanish-American War
1918—end of WWI
1929—stock market crash—Great Depression
1941—Pearl Harbor--WWII
1945—end of WWII, beginning of Cold War
TAKS Amendments
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free
citizens
vote
income tax
senators
no alcohol
women
alcohol
no poll tax
18 year olds
Bill of Rights
• 1st—religion, speech, assembly, petition, press
• 2nd—bear arms
• 4th—no search and seizure—warrant
• 5th—don’t have to speak
• 8th—no cruel or unusual punishment
TAKS Court Cases
Dred Scott
Plessy
Brown
Heart of Atlanta Motel
Loving
Swann
UC Regents v. Bakke
Reynolds v. Sims—equal representation by
population
• Shaw—no racial gerrymandering
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Jefferson
Madison
Lincoln
Debs
Susan B. Anthony
Mahan
Ford
Carnegie
Lindbergh
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LaFollette
Darrow
W.J.Bryan
Dubois
Lodge
Pershing
TR
O’Keefe
FDR
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Eisenhower
Patton
Bradley
MacArthur
Marshall
King
Shirley Chisholm—NY Congress/Af-Am/1968
Wallace
Chavez
H. Ross Perot—Tx—1992, 1996
Events
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Revolution
War of 1812
Mexican War
Civil War and Reconstruction
Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Spanish-American War
WWI
WWII
Korea
Vietnam
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
Iraq
Terms
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Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Primary and secondary sources
Three branches of government
Industrialization
Prohibition
Suffrage
World War I
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Great Depression
New Deal
Social security
Internment
Manhattan Project
McCarthyism
Cold War
SAC—Strategic Air Command
Civil Rights
Watergate
DART—Dallas Area Rapid Transit