Think about this -
The moment in history Trump wants to take US back to us the Age of Robber Barons who ran the country & treated workers horribly
The Gilded Age came crashing down with the Panic of 1893, which set off an economic depression
How they lost power:
https://www.history.com/articles/gilded-age-end-reasons
The moment in history Trump wants to take US back to us the Age of Robber Barons who ran the country & treated workers horribly
The Gilded Age came crashing down with the Panic of 1893, which set off an economic depression
How they lost power:
https://www.history.com/articles/gilded-age-end-reasons
Comments
Muckrakers were journalists who exposed corrupt politicians &businesses
Progressive populist movements elected change makers
Protests for labour rights, women’s rights, & improvements for the poor
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A catalyst moment
“The real end of the Gilded Age came with the assassination of William McKinley,”
Theodore Roosevelt become President and made sweeping changes in regulations and social progression
The US has a long history of moments of national change due to power imbalance & corruption
The Gilded age was in the late 1800s and the Robber Barons made their fortunes on govt contracts & corruption
Robber barons were-
Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, JP Morgan etc
Tariffs - Big then
Oligarchs rule - the Robber Barons influenced president decisions
Poor have few rights
Middle class is small
Businessmen get rich off govt contracts
No regulation
Insane wealth made on new exchange