WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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During the Gilded Age, the expansion of ____ led to corruption in government, but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.
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Infrastructure
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Nativists
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Monopolies
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Political Machines
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Political corruption ran amok during the Gilded Age as corporations bribed politicians to ensure government policies favored big businesses over workers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. During the Gilded Age, politics were riddled with corruption as presidents awarded government positions to political supporters through the patronage or spoils system.
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.
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