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—African-Americans moving north during WWI and 1920s for factory jobs

Harlem Renaissance—African-American artistic cultural expression during 1920s

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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—postwaranti-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—1946-1964A significant rise in U.S. births

Brown v. Board of Education--1954Decision 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

NorthAmericanFree TradeAgreement

Lifted traderestrictionsfor U.S., Mexicoand Canada

TAKS Years

• 1607• 1763• 1776• 1787• 1791• 1861• 1865• 1898• 1918• 1929• 1941• 1945

TAKS Years

• 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

• 13 free• 14 citizens• 15 vote• 16 income tax• 17 senators• 18 no alcohol• 19 women • 21 alcohol• 24 no poll tax• 26 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

TAKS People• Washington• Jefferson • Madison• Lincoln• Debs• Susan B. Anthony• Mahan• Ford• Carnegie• Lindbergh

More people…• LaFollette• Darrow• W.J.Bryan• Dubois• Lodge• Pershing• TR• O’Keefe• FDR

Even more people• Eisenhower• Patton• Bradley• MacArthur• Marshall• King• Shirley Chisholm—NY

Congress/Af-Am/1968• Wallace• Chavez• H. Ross Perot—Tx—1992, 1996

Events

• 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

• Magna Carta• Articles of Confederation• Constitution• Bill of Rights• Primary and secondary sources• Three branches of government• Industrialization• Prohibition• Suffrage• World War I

And…

• Great Depression• New Deal• Social security• Internment• Manhattan Project• McCarthyism• Cold War• SAC—Strategic Air Command• Civil Rights• Watergate• DART—Dallas Area Rapid Transit