WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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protests from Congressional leaders to regulate state governments
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demands from labor leaders that hiring practices needed to change
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the growth of political machines and corruption of the “spoils system”
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the problems brought about by rapid industrialization and urbanization
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Detailed explanation-1: -Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices-the “spoils"-by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient.
Detailed explanation-2: -In what came to be known as the Progressive Era, reformers worked to bring greater measures of safety and equality to the civil service, labor practices, and urban life. Among these reform movements were those steered by women, including women’s suffrage, temperance, and Black women’s rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was during the Gilded Age that Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up monopolistic business combinations, and the Interstate Commerce Act, to regulate railroad rates. State governments created commissions to regulate utilities and laws regulating work conditions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring are infamous models of Gilded Age urban corruption. Political machines corruptly ran several major cities throughout the United States, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest where millions of immigrants had settled.