The Gilded Age 1870-1890 Gilded Age Problems POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL
Political: Voting rights (suffrage)
Political: Government corruption
Political: Voters didn’t have much control over the government
Economic: Monopolies (trusts)
Economic: Treatment of workers (long hours, low pay, bad working conditions)
Economic: Child Labor
Economic: Consumer protection (unsafe products)
Social: Civil Rights (racism, segregation, and lynching)
Social: Anti-Immigration (nativism)
Social: Overcrowding in cities (poverty & sanitation)
Social: Alcohol Abuse