Gilded Age DBQ
DBQ Gilded Age Politics “The politics of the Gilded Age failed to deal with the critical social and economic issues of the times. ... The politics of the Gilded Age were characterized as laissez faire, and did little if nothing at all to help the cause of society as well as the economic woes of the commoners. ... The government was not completely laissez faire during the time of the Gilded Age. ... The Gilded Age politics truly did live up to their name. ... A quote by Samuel Gompers is able to sum up the whole issue of whether the government did anything to improve economics and society during the Gilded Age, “Year by year man’s liberties are trampled under foot at the bidding of corporations and trusts, rights are invaded and law perverted.