Laissez faire

Gilded Age Politics

  • Laissez-Faire

    Laissez-Faire
    idea that the government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism
    the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economical struggle.
  • Graft

    Graft
    The use of political inference for personal gain.
  • Political Machine

    Political Machine
    An organization that works to win elections so that it can exercise power.