The Gilded Age brought forth a time of new discoveries and technologies. Mark Twain termed this era, because advancements in this era were like the gold that covered a gilded piece of steel. These advancements covered issues like crime, poverty, and immigration issues. This is why Mckinley’s assassination made way for “political modernization, a terrible but effective way of clearing the decks” (Rauchway, xi). Before taking Mckinley’s place as President, Theodore Roosevelt belived, “I have really much less influence with the President now that I am Vice-President than I had even when I was governor” (Rauchway, 11). Now with the influence he needed ad President, Roosevelt “played on his constituents’ legitimate fears so that they would support him in his efforts to stamp out radical dissent” (Rauchway, xii). Roosevelt brought eights years of prosperity to America. He helped to create acts to solve the issues that the Gilded Age brought. Some of these acts included: The Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation acts, the Hepburn Act, and the Elkins Act. Roosevelt also started reforms “that would regulate the U.S. economy in the interest of the public rather than allowing the free market to take its natural course and consolidate wealth (Rauchway,
The Gilded Age brought forth a time of new discoveries and technologies. Mark Twain termed this era, because advancements in this era were like the gold that covered a gilded piece of steel. These advancements covered issues like crime, poverty, and immigration issues. This is why Mckinley’s assassination made way for “political modernization, a terrible but effective way of clearing the decks” (Rauchway, xi). Before taking Mckinley’s place as President, Theodore Roosevelt belived, “I have really much less influence with the President now that I am Vice-President than I had even when I was governor” (Rauchway, 11). Now with the influence he needed ad President, Roosevelt “played on his constituents’ legitimate fears so that they would support him in his efforts to stamp out radical dissent” (Rauchway, xii). Roosevelt brought eights years of prosperity to America. He helped to create acts to solve the issues that the Gilded Age brought. Some of these acts included: The Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation acts, the Hepburn Act, and the Elkins Act. Roosevelt also started reforms “that would regulate the U.S. economy in the interest of the public rather than allowing the free market to take its natural course and consolidate wealth (Rauchway,