In what way was Gilded Age politics different from American politics today? During the Gilded Age, most political activity was focused on the state and local levels, with the federal government an insignificant force in the daily lives of most citizens.

During the Gilded Age, an expanded middle class and a wealthy upper class found new things to do with their time and money: leisure, consumption, and philanthropy.

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age? The American Catholic Church saw a growing number of clergy advocate social justice and reform.

Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the government and the economy in the Gilded Age? Politicians of both major parties favored business and banks and supported a reduction in the money supply and a return to the gold standard.

The Gilded Age saw rapid economic and industrial growth, driven by technical advances in transportation and manufacturing, and causing an expansion of personal wealth, philanthropy, and immigration. Politics during this time not only experienced corruption, but also increased participation.

How did the economic development of the Gilded Age affect American freedom? and sensed something had gone wrong with nations social development. American’s views concentration of wealth as inevitable, natural and justified by progress. Courts generally sided with businesses that complained of loss of economic freedom.

Industrialization greatly increased the need for workers in the nation’s factories. During the Gilded Age, the economic disparities between the workers and big business owners grew exponentially. Workers continued to endure low wages and dangerous working conditions in order to make a living.

The dominant issues were cultural (especially regarding prohibition, education, and ethnic or racial groups) and economic (tariffs and money supply). With the rapid growth of cities, political machines increasingly took control of urban politics.

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• Social Problems. Racism. -Chinese Exclusion Act, Jim Crow Laws. Women rights.
• Political Problems. Corruption. -Political machines, such as Tommany Hall, controlled politicians.
• Economic Problems. Monopolies. No worker or safety rights.

The major social issues of the Gilded Age included:

• Child Labor.
• Women.
• Minorities.
• Immigrants.
• Assimiliation.
• Urbanization.
• Social Gospel.
• Philanthropy of Industrialists.

In politics, a boss is a person who controls a faction or local branch of a political party. When the party wins, they typically control appointments in their unit, and have a voice at the higher levels. Reformers typically allege that political bosses are corrupt.

Political machines were profiting from kickbacks on public contracts. Which useful function was served by the political machines of the late 1800s? They assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community. Based on this statement, why did her family immigrate to the United States?

At the turn of the 20th century, many U.S. cities were run by collections of self-serving political machines. These organizations controlled access to political power by rigging votes, buying people’s loyalty — and their ballots. Reform candidates called for an end to political patronage.

Political machines started as grass roots organizations to gain the patronage needed to win the modern election. Having strong patronage, these “clubs” were the main driving force in gaining and getting out the “straight party vote” in the election districts.

Political machines became common in cities because basic services for citizens and new immigrants were often extremely lacking and poor in quality. The problems of government corruption, ineffective government employees, and an increasing influence of money in politics resulted from patronage.