Leaders of the Gilded Age - Sienna Kissack

 Sienna Kissack

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

April 11, 2022


Leaders of the Gilded Age

    The leaders of the Gilded Age we not that great of people. The would abuse their power and there would be increased poverty, more inequity, and anxiety over the influence in politics. In the original Gilded Age, it was known to be one of the best and worst times, and there was a lot of anxiety fixated on this era. John D Rockefeller was one of the "leaders" of this age. He was known to be greedy and to criticize methods. People also believed that his labor practices were unfair. Rockefeller got accused for being unfair, bribing men to spy on competitors, crushing out competition, and more. He was a pretty bad person, but he also gave donations to many organizations.

    In the Gilded Age, many wealthy people believed that with great wealth, you can have power to change democracy to your will. There were a lot of cartoons fixated on this. One includes a cartoon that shows U.S. senators being overpowered by monopolists that looks like moneybags. The message that this shows is that big businesses can hijack American democracy and can shut out the will of people. There are many stories that talk about how big businesses are controlling the political process at the state and federal level. If the money wasn't enough, the industrialists would have to use bribery as a way to control politics.

    I believe the Gilded Age was a bad time for many citizens in the United States. The article talks a lot about how many of the leaders would monopolize politics and take over. They would, again, abuse their leadership for the worse.

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