It looked like Clay had traded a government position for his support of Adams .
It happened in the 1800’s it allowed a lot more people to get paid more from their jobs resulting in a higher standard of living. This is where unions came in the picture, they wanted 8 hour work days and no child labor. The gilded age is known as a prosperous time for the nation but the government was very corrupt. There were corrupt industrialists, bankers and politicians who stole and benefited from the working class.
*The trans continental railroad made more people move west and created “robber barons”
*Since the government was corrupt muckrakers became a thing, the muckrakers exposed government corruption and such
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<span>When Washington said that, the United States would be "friendly and impartial" in regards to foreign conflicts he was , in essence, saying that, the United States would remain neutral....</span>
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Perhaps the biggest question in world history is why the balance of power shifted so dramatically in favor of Europe and the West instead of the East in the 1800s. One major reason is that China was so internally divided that development of any one province economically or technologically was a threat to the surrounding emperors. (C.)
