1. The Progressive Era Chapter 22

2. Section 1 The spoils system and the lack of regulation of big business were concerns that shaped the Gilded Age. Ending the Spoils System

3. Section 1 The Interstate Commerce Act forbade certain practices, such as rebates and pools The Sherman Antitrust Act forbade trusts and other businesses from limiting competition.

4. Section 2 Political bosses corrupted city government by taking payoffs from businesses and stealing from public funds, and using their power to influence office holders.

5. Section 2 Muckrakers used their journalistic skills to expose social ills; by doing so, they shocked middle-class Americans, who demanded change.

6. Section 2 Progressive Reformers Goals Limit the power of big business End political corruption Solve social ills Give voters more power

7. Section 3 Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal Did away with some bad trusts Supported laws strengthening inspection procedures for food. Put limits on lumbering

8. Section 3 Reformers opposed Taft because he raised tariffs and was accused of blocking conservation efforts. Taft lost the support of the Progressives. They and Roosevelt split off from Taft and the mainstream Republican Party.

9. Section 3 President Woodrow Wilson’s Accomplishments Set up the FTC Lowered tariffs Regulated banking Encouraged competition

10. Section 4 Women first organized a movement as early as 1848 They formed a group to amend the Constitution. They picketed the White House. As a result, Congress passed the 19 th amendment.

11. Section 4 Women managed to obtain higher education and earn degrees, but it was a struggle to be able to practice law or medicine.

12. Section 4 Women saw how alcohol created hardships in the home and destroyed families. They also opposed saloons, which they were usually banned from.

13. Section 5 African American Struggles Segregation Discrimination in housing and jobs Lynchings Unequal wages

14. Section 5 Mexican Americans protected their welfare in the United States by forming mutual aid societies.

15. Section 5 Problems for Asian Americans Chinese Exclusion Act Poor pay Poor working conditions Racial prejudice