Guiled age

Gilded Age Problems

  • Tenement Housing

    Tenement Housing

    low-rise apartment buildings–many of them concentrated in the city's Lower East Side neighborhood–were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation
  • Monopolies

    Monopolies

    the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
  • Working conditions

    Working conditions

    For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions
  • Government conditions

    Government conditions