The income divide and excesses during the gilded age was what pushed some people to work for economic and social reforms.
During the gilded age the United States experienced great increase in wealth. But one of the problem of the era was that there was wide spread corruption in the United States.
Under the era of economic prosperity, there was still great issues such as unemployment, corruption and poverty.
To improve the conditions of the poor and the unemployed, it became very important for activists to seek for reforms in the society.
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