The federal government supported the interests of big businesses over the interests of labor unions.
Unions became popular during the Gilded Age in the US during an industrial boom. The government supported the owners of business during this period and practiced free market capitalism.
During the Gilded Age, the government took a policy of free-market or laissez-faire capitalism. This means the government did not interfere or create regulation of the economic system. They tended to support the practices of corporations because they were wealthy and had power. Unions demanded higher wages, government regulation, and better working conditions. All of these demands went against the thinking of the time and would have cost the government money and the favor of the powerful in the country.
Reconstruction<span> was America's first experiment in interracial democracy for men. ... returned to the Union with as much speed and as little vindictiveness as </span>possible<span>. ... </span>Corruption<span> and bribery did take place in </span>government<span> during </span>Reconstruction<span>, .</span>
New France was under direct control of the King. The people had no right to trial by jury or elect an assembly. The population grew slowly and most of the population was Catholic.
Countries such as Spain, France and Portugal colonized the region. Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. Due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.
The second one, women never had the right to vote until the late 1900s.
