Answer:
The Gilded Age included the negative effects of increasing industrialization and the rise of big corporations, led by ruthless, wealthy monopolists.
Explanation:
- Cities became more crowded than before which often lead to congestion and an unhygienic lifestyle.
- The pollution of cities rose to unprecedented levels because of the rising factories and overcrowded cities.
- Long working hours for the workers especially for women and children.
- Strikes organized by the labor to organize their efforts for wage rise and unhygienic conditions.
- The sharp contrast between the rich industrialist and common poor masses who were like working machines.
