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Chapter 21 and 22 Review Page Progressivism Progressivism- a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills in our country. -Important to note that this movement benefited middle-class/working-class, not the upper class as other movements had done in previous times - Big chunk of population was involved in Progressive movement. - Protestant's missionary spirits drove a lot of these progressive movements - The people wanted change from the horrors of the Gilded Age
 * - Groups Participating were Extremely Diverse:**
 * Protestants
 * African-Americans
 * Union Leaders
 * Feminists
 * Many others
 * Awful working conditions
 * 24 hour shifts
 * Child labor
 * Laizze-faire government policy
 * Tycoons in big businesses with monopolies making too much money.
 * Women not allowed to work

[] ^ Roles of Women in the GIlded Age

- **The Progressive Movement had Black Rights involved as well.**
 * Goals of Progressive Movement**
 * Democracy
 * Direct Election of U.S. Senators which was later the 17th Amendment to our Constitution
 * Initiative- A method in which voters could compel legislature to consider a bill.
 * Referendum- Allowed citizens to vote on proposed laws printed on their ballots.
 * Recall- Vote for removing corrupt and/or unsatisfactory politicians.
 * Social Welfare- i.e. better schools, juvenile courts, liberized divorce laws, very importantly safety regulations for tenements and factories.
 * Limits on death penalty
 * Municipal Reform- Government having more control over businesses instead of just the business tycoons.
 * Temperance and Prohibition
 * Roosevelts Square Deal**
 * Called Union Leaders and coal miners to White House.
 * Got mine owners to agree on 10% wage increase and 9 hour work day for miners.
 * Elkins Act- Railroad Regulation
 * Pure Food and Drug Act- Made sure all items were clean and safe for use by general public.
 * Meat Inspection Act- Did basically the same tihng as Pure Food and Drug Act above.
 * Repeated use of Forest Reserve Act of 1891.
 * Newlands Reclamation Act- Many western states involved, irrigation projects such as damming every major river etc.
 * Payne-Aldrich Tariff- reduced tariffs on many imported goods in 1909.
 * W.E.B. Du Bois- Wrote //Souls of the Black Folk,// was an intelligent educated northerner.
 * Booker T. Washington- Stressed importance of black education and economic progress
 * These 2 started what was later called the Civil RIghts Movement
 * Civil Rights organizations- Niagra Movement
 * NAACP
 * National Urban League
 * Women Suffrage**
 * Carrie Chapman Catt of Iowa became president of NAWSA in 1900.
 * Argued for voting rights, it would empower women which would enable them to more actively care for their families.
 * Some had parades, and pickets for suffrage movement
 * Alice Paul, leader of NAWSA broke off from organization and started National Women's Party, in an attempt to get the amendment passed.
 * 19th amendment- women's right to vote, Carrie Chapman Catt organized a league of Womens voters and they got together and discussed the issues.