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19th Amendment

Early 20th Century
Progress towards Equity

abolish/abolition/abolitionist

Reform & Civil War
Reform Movements

adobe

Natural Texas and Early People
Human Geography

agriculture/agricultural

General (6th Grade)
General (8th Grade)
Economics (6th Grade)
Factors Contributing to Settlement (8th Grade)

Alien and Sedition Acts

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

amendment

Government
Government/Citizenship

American Anti-Slavery Society

Reform & Civil War
Slavery

American Expeditionary Forces

Early 20th Century
World War I

annex/annexation

Expansion & Industry (8th Grade)
Early 20th Century (US History)
Removal and Resettlement of the Cherokee Indians (8th Grade)
U.S. Expansionism (US History)

appoint/appointment

Expansion & Industry
Jacksonian Democracy

Appomattox Court House Surrender

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

aquifer

Natural Texas and Early People
Physical Geography

archipelago

General
Geography

Articles of Confederation

Government
Government/Citizenship

assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Early 20th Century
World War I

assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

assimilation

The Gilded Age
Growth and Change in the West

attack on Pearl Harbor

World War II and the Cold War
Causes of World War II

authoritarian

General
Politics

Bank of the United States

Early Republic
Formation of Political Parties

basin

Natural Texas and Early People
Physical Geography

Battle of Antietam

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

Battle of Little Bighorn

The Gilded Age
Growth and Change in the West

Battle of Medina

European and Mexican Texas
Mexican Independence

Battle of Midway

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

Battle of Saratoga

American Revolution
Revolutionary War

Battle of Vicksburg

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

Battle of Yorktown

American Revolution
Revolutionary War

Battles of Lexington and Concord

American Revolution
Revolutionary War

bicameral

Government
Government/Citizenship

Bill of Rights

Government
Ratification Debate

biodiversity

General
Geography

black codes

Reform & Civil War
Events of Reconstruction

Black Panther Party

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

Boston Tea Party

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

boycott

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

Brown v. Board of Education

Civil Rights Movement
Courts

Buddhism

General
Society/Culture

California Gold Rush

Expansion & Industry
Factors Contributing to Settlement

Camp David Accords

Modern United States
Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Era

capitalism/free market/free enterprise

General
Economics

cash crop

General (6th Grade)
Early America (8th Grade)
Economics (6th Grade)
Economics of the Colonial Regions (8th Grade)

Catholic missions

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

central/federal/national government

Government
Government/Citizenship

Centralists

Texas Revolution
Road to Revolution

checks and balances

General (6th Grade)
Government (8th Grade)
Politics (6th Grade)
Government/Citizenship (8th Grade)

Chinese Exclusion Act

The Gilded Age
Immigration

civil liberties

General
Causes of the Revolution

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Movement
Congress

civil war

General
Politics

Clean Air Act

Modern United States
Political Factors

colonialism/colony

General
History

colonize/colonization

Early America
Reasons for Exploration and Early Colonization

colony/colonist

Early America
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions

Common Sense

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

communism

General (6th Grade)
Early 20th Century (US History)
Economics (6th Grade)
Progress towards Equity (US History)

Compromise of 1850

Expansion & Industry
Conflicts Arising from Westward Expansion

concentration camps

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

conquistador

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

Constitution

General (6th Grade)
Government (8th Grade)
Politics (6th Grade)
The Articles and the Constitutional Convention (8th Grade)

Constitution of 1824

European and Mexican Texas
American Colonization

Constitutional Convention

Government
The Articles and the Constitutional Convention

constitutional monarchy

General
Politics

constitutional/unconstitutional

Government
Government/Citizenship

containment

World War II and the Cold War
Containment

Continental Congress

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

corrupt bargain

Expansion & Industry
Jacksonian Democracy

cotton gin

General
Free Enterprise and Innovation

Cuban missile crisis

World War II and the Cold War
Containment

cultural diffusion

General
Society/Culture

culture traits

General
Society/Culture

Daughters of Liberty

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

Dawes Act

Reform & Civil War (8th Grade)
The Gilded Age (US History)
Problems and Impacts (8th Grade)
Growth and Change in the West (US History)

Declaration of Independence

American Revolution
Independence

deforestation

General
Economics

democracy

General
Politics

Democratic‐Republicans

Early Republic
Formation of Political Parties

desert

General
Geography

developed economy

General
Economics

developing economy

General
Economics

direct election

Early 20th Century
Progressivism

diverse/diversity

General
Society/Culture

domino theory

World War II and the Cold War
Vietnam War

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Reform & Civil War
Slavery

drought

General
Geography

due process

Government
Government/Citizenship

Dust Bowl

The Great Depression
Life during the Great Depression

election of 1824

Expansion & Industry
Jacksonian Democracy

Electoral College

General
Jacksonian Democracy

Emancipation Proclamation

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

Embargo of 1807

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

empresario

European and Mexican Texas
American Colonization

Endangered Species Act

Modern United States
Political Factors

entrepreneur

General (6th Grade)
The Gilded Age (US History)
Economics (6th Grade)
Industrialization (US History)

environmentalism

General
Society/Culture

epidemic diseases

General
Society/Culture

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Modern United States
Political Factors

Erie Canal

Expansion & Industry
Free Enterprise and Innovation

escarpment

Natural Texas and Early People
Physical Geography

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Early 20th Century
World War I

European exploration

Early America
Reasons for Exploration and Early Colonization

European Union

General
Politics

executive branch

U.S. and Canada (6th Grade)
Government (8th Grade)
Politics (6th Grade)
Government/Citizenship (8th Grade)

extermination camps

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

factors of climate

General
Geography

factors of production

General
Economics

Fair Housing Act

Civil Rights Movement
Congress

federalism

Government
Government/Citizenship

Federalist Papers

Government
Ratification Debate

Federalists

Texas Revolution
Road to Revolution

Federalists/Anti‐Federalists

Government
Ratification Debate

Fifteenth (15th) Amendment

Reform & Civil War
Events of Reconstruction

filibuster

European and Mexican Texas
Mexican Independence

First Great Migration

Early 20th Century
Traditionalism vs. Modernism

flood

General
Geography

Fourteenth (14th) Amendment

Reform & Civil War
Events of Reconstruction

Fredonian Rebellion

Texas Revolution
Road to Revolution

free enterprise system

Expansion & Industry
Free Enterprise and Innovation

Freedmen's Bureau

Reform & Civil War
Events of Reconstruction

freedom of speech

General
Politics

French and Indian War

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

French exploration

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

Fugitive Slave Act

Reform & Civil War
Sectionalism

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Early America
Representative Government and Its Growth

Gadsden Purchase

Expansion & Industry
Factors Contributing to Settlement

GDP per capita

General
Economics

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Modern United States
The Economy, Policies, and the Impact of Technology

Gettysburg Address

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)

World War II and the Cold War
Prosperity and Culture of the 1950s

Global War on Terrorism

Modern United States
Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Era

globalization

General
Economics

Great Compromise

Government
The Articles and the Constitutional Convention

Great Depression

The Great Depression
Causes of the Great Depression

Great Irish Famine

Expansion & Industry
Factors of Industrialization

Great Wall of China

General
History

gross domestic product (GDP)

General
Economics

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

World War II and the Cold War
Vietnam War

Gulf peoples

Natural Texas and Early People
Human Geography

Himalaya Mountains

General
Geography

Hinduism

General
Society/Culture

Holocaust

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

Homestead Act

Reform & Civil War
Problems and Impacts

homesteader

The Gilded Age
Growth and Change in the West

House of Burgesses

Early America
Representative Government and Its Growth

immigration/immigrants

General (6th Grade)
Expansion & Industry (8th Grade)
The Gilded Age (US History)
Society/Culture (6th Grade)
Factors of Industrialization (8th Grade)
Immigration (US History)

imperialism

Early 20th Century
U.S. Expansionism

independence

American Revolution
Independence

Indian Removal Act

Expansion & Industry
Removal and Resettlement of the Cherokee Indians

individualism/self‐reliance

Reform & Civil War (8th Grade)
The Gilded Age (US History)
American Culture (8th Grade)
Industrialization (US History)

Industrial Revolution

Expansion & Industry
Factors of Industrialization

industrialists

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

industrialization

General (6th Grade)
Expansion & Industry (8th Grade)
Economics (6th Grade)
Free Enterprise and Innovation (8th Grade)

interchangeable parts

General
Free Enterprise and Innovation

internment camps

World War II and the Cold War
Mobilization and the Home Front

Interstate Commerce Act

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

intervention

Early 20th Century
U.S. Expansionism

Intolerable Acts

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

invasion of Normandy

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

Iran Contra affair

Modern United States
Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Era

Iran Hostage Crisis

Modern United States
Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Era

isthmus

General
Geography

Jamestown

Early America
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions

Jim Crow laws

Early 20th Century
Progress towards Equity

judicial branch

U.S. and Canada (6th Grade)
Government (8th Grade)
Politics (6th Grade)
Government/Citizenship (8th Grade)

junta

General
Politics

Kansas‐Nebraska Act

Reform & Civil War
Sectionalism

Khmer Rouge

General
History

Korean War

World War II and the Cold War
Containment

labor unions

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

laissez‐faire

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

latitude

General
Geography

Law of April 6, 1830

Texas Revolution
Road to Revolution

League of Nations

Early 20th Century
World War I

legislative branch

U.S. and Canada
Politics

legislative branch/Congress

Government
Government/Citizenship

life expectancy

General
Economics

limited government

U.S. and Canada (6th Grade)
Government (8th Grade)
Politics (6th Grade)
Government/Citizenship (8th Grade)

Lincoln's first inaugural address

Reform & Civil War
The Civil War

literate/literacy

General
Economics

Little Rock Crisis

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

Long Expedition

European and Mexican Texas
Mexican Independence

Louisiana Purchase

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

machine politics

The Gilded Age
Immigration

Manhattan Project

World War II and the Cold War
Two-Front War

Manifest Destiny

Expansion & Industry
Roots/Causes of Manifest Destiny

Marbury v. Madison

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

March on Washington

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

Marshall Plan

World War II and the Cold War
Containment

Mayflower Compact

Early America
Representative Government and Its Growth

McCarthyism

World War II and the Cold War
Postwar Fears

McCulloch v Maryland

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

mercantilism/mercantilist

Early America
Economics of the Colonial Regions

Mexican independence

European and Mexican Texas
Mexican Independence

Mier y Terán report

Texas Revolution
Road to Revolution

migration

General
Society/Culture

Mission San Juan Bautista

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

Missouri Compromise

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

monopoly/trust

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

monotheism/monotheistic

General
Society/Culture

Monroe Doctrine

Early Republic
National Security and Foreign Policy of the Early Republic

Morrill Act

Reform & Civil War
Problems and Impacts

muckrakers

Early 20th Century
Progressivism

multicultural

U.S. and Canada
Society/Culture

Nacogdoches

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

Nation of Islam

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Civil Rights Movement
Civic Participation

National Parks Service

Early 20th Century
Progressivism

nativist/nativism

Expansion & Industry (8th Grade)
The Gilded Age (US History)
Effects of Industrialization (8th Grade)
Immigration (US History)

neutrality

Early 20th Century
World War I

New Deal

The Great Depression
Political Responses to the Great Depression

New Jersey Plan

Government
The Articles and the Constitutional Convention

Niagara Movement

Early 20th Century
Progress towards Equity

nomad/nomadic

General (6th Grade)
Natural Texas and Early People (7th Grade)
Geography (6th Grade)
Human Geography (7th Grade)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Modern United States
The Economy, Policies, and the Impact of Technology

Northwest Ordinance

Early Republic
Domestic Issues of the Early Republic

Nullification Crisis

Expansion & Industry
Conflicts and Compromise

Old Three Hundred

European and Mexican Texas
American Colonization

Open Door policy

Early 20th Century
U.S. Expansionism

Oregon Trail

Expansion & Industry
Factors Contributing to Settlement

Palmer Raids

Early 20th Century
Traditionalism vs. Modernism

Panama Canal

Early 20th Century
U.S. Expansionism

pandemic diseases

General
Society/Culture

Panic of 1837

Expansion & Industry
Roots/Causes of Manifest Destiny

Parliament

Early America
Representative Government and Its Growth

parliamentary government

General
Politics

peninsula

General
Geography

Persian Gulf War

Modern United States
Foreign Affairs: Vietnam Era

physical geography

General
Geography

Plains peoples

Natural Texas and Early People
Human Geography

plantation

Reform & Civil War
Slavery

Plessy v. Ferguson

Civil Rights Movement
Courts

Plymouth

Early America
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions

political geography

General
Geography

political parties

Early Republic
Formation of Political Parties

popular sovereignty

Government
Government/Citizenship

population density

General
Geography

Populist/People's Party

Early 20th Century
Progressivism

president/vice president

Government
Government/Citizenship

presidio

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

private property

The Gilded Age
Growth and Change in the West

Proclamation of 1763

American Revolution
Causes of the Revolution

profit/profitability

General
Economics of the Colonial Regions

Prohibition

Early 20th Century
Progress towards Equity

prosperity

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

Puebloan peoples

Natural Texas and Early People
Human Geography

Pure Food and Drug Act

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

push/pull factor

General (6th Grade)
General (8th Grade)
Society/Culture (6th Grade)
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions (8th Grade)

rainforest

General
Geography

ratify/ratification

Government
Ratification Debate

Reaganomics

Modern United States
Economic Factors

Red Scare

Early 20th Century
Progress towards Equity

reform

Reform & Civil War (8th Grade)
Early 20th Century (US History)
Reform Movements (8th Grade)
Progressivism (US History)

refugee

General
Society/Culture

religious freedom/tolerance

Early America
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions

religious persecution

Early America
Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions

representation

General
Causes of the Revolution

Republican Army of the North

European and Mexican Texas
Mexican Independence

resettlement/relocation

Expansion & Industry
Removal and Resettlement of the Cherokee Indians

robber barons

The Gilded Age
Industrialization

Roosevelt Corollary

Early 20th Century
U.S. Expansionism

rural

General
Geography

Sahara Desert

General
Geography

San Antonio settlement

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization

San Francisco de los Tejas

European and Mexican Texas
European Exploration and Colonization