Not much really.
The government did not really govern the big business and they could basically do what they pleased. But as the journalists and writers and the workers started bringing all the bad things the big businesses were doing to the light of day the government started intervening just a little. A landmark law passed at the time would be the <span> Sherman Act that was against the trusts. </span>
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Explanation:
Cotton was the "king" crop in the deep south, referred to as "white gold" thus making it worth a lot of money. With that being said, if you were one of the landowners of a cotton field, in simple terms you were racking out the dough! Most land owners of the time cotton or not were wealthy due to the high demand and need of farmers.
