Muckrakers
Journalists exposing corruption.
Public flashcard set
Progressive Era & New Deal
Reform vocabulary.
us-history ap
Flashcards
Trust-busting
Breaking monopolies.
19th Amendment
Women's suffrage 1920.
Prohibition
18th Amendment ban on alcohol.
Great Depression
Severe 1930s economic crisis.
New Deal
FDR programs for relief/recovery/reform.
Social Security
1935 retirement/aid program.
CCC
Jobs for young men on conservation projects.
WPA
Large New Deal employment program.
Court packing plan
FDR proposal to expand SCOTUS.
Dust Bowl
1930s Plains ecological disaster.
Hoovervilles
Shantytowns blamed on Hoover.
Fireside chats
FDR radio addresses.
Wagner Act
Strengthened labor organizing rights.