How effective were politicians in developing responses to the major economic problems of the Gilded Age?

Your discussion post should be between 250 and 500 words and provide a well thought out answer that will also allow your classmates room to discuss the topic as well. In order to better facilitate classroom discussion, students are required to end discussion posts with a question. For example, after a discussion post on “How the Railroads Impacted the Growth of Industry in the Gilded Age,” you could end your post with “What other innovations played a significant role in growth of industry that relied on or was the result of the railway industry?”