Question

Consequences of the gilded age

Answer 1

Rapid economic growth generated vast wealth during the Gilded Age.

New products and technologies improved middle-class quality of life.

Industrial workers and farmers didn't share in the new prosperity, working long hours in dangerous conditions for low pay.

Gilded Age politicians were largely corrupt and ineffective.

Most Americans during the Gilded Age wanted political and social reforms, but they disagreed strongly on what kind of reform.