Explain the Reconstruction and Politics in the Gilded Age? Explain the actions and events that occurred in that era?
In the Gilded age, the politics were intense. From 1877 to 1897, the control of representatives' house transferred from democratic to the republican parties repeatedly. Internal political strife, in the Republican Party, among the Half-Breed and Stalwart factions, barred the route of momentous legislation. In this period, the presidential candidates lacking strong political opinions were given nomination by the political parties. This was probably done to keep away from rising sectional anxiety immediately after the civil war (Morgan, ...