Understanding Progressivism and the Gilded Age

Charles Dickens

Mark Twain

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

It was a time of widespread prosperity for all.

It was a time of superficial wealth covering underlying issues.

It was a time of complete economic equality.

It was a time of technological stagnation.

To increase the power of state legislatures

To make politics more democratic

To reduce government intervention in the economy

To maintain the status quo

It allowed the President to appoint senators.

It allowed state legislatures to elect senators.

It allowed voters to directly elect senators.

It allowed the Supreme Court to appoint senators.

To increase the power of the federal government

To ensure senators were more accountable to the public

To reduce the influence of political parties

To decrease voter participation

The richest 10 percent owned more wealth than the other 90 percent.

The richest 1 percent owned more wealth than the other 99 percent.

The wealth was evenly distributed among all Americans.

The poorest 50 percent owned more wealth than the richest 50 percent.

Conservatism

Libertarianism

Progressivism

Isolationism

It decreased voter influence in elections.

It increased voter influence by allowing direct election of senators.

It had no significant impact on the democratic process.

It led to the abolition of the Senate.

Holding referendums

Conducting public opinion polls

Using elections to conform their choices

Consulting with the President