Freedmen.
After the Civil War, freed slaves did not receive equal citizenship. This was due to the fact that racism was still rampant within the United States. Essentially, freed slaves became very lowpaid workers on plantations.
(D) 'The Mayflower Compact' is the correct answer.
The main two problems that these progressives attempted to reform were corruption in government and business, as well as making sure that a large amount of public wealth did not end up in the hand of people who were already rich.