regents reviw part 2 us history Progressive Era-Modern America & Global Issues

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Muckrakers

Investigative journalists who exposed social issues and corruption during the Progressive Era. Their work led to reforms in labor, public health, and politics.

Reforms

Pure Food & Drug Act, child labor laws, women's suffrage.

Trust Busting

Breaking up monopolies (Teddy Roosevelt).

Monroe Doctrine (Foreign Policy & Wars)

Warned Europe to stay out of the Americas.

Spanish-American War (1898)

U.S. became world power (gained Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico).

WWI Entry

German U-boats, Zimmermann Telegram.

WWII

Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. joins Allies, uses atomic bomb.

Cold War

U.S. vs. Soviet Union; containment of communism (e.g., Truman Doctrine, NATO, Marshall Plan).

Vietnam War

Highly protested war, part of containment.

Great Depression & New Deal

Causes = Stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction.

FDR’s New Deal =

Relief, Recovery, Reform.

WPA

jobs building roads

CCC

Youth outdoor work.

FDIC

Insured banks.

Social Security

Help for elderly, unemployed.

Brown v. Board (1954)

Ends school segregation

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolent protest.

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Ends discrimination.

Voting Rights Act (1965)

Protects Black voting rights.