Discuss the how the rise in industry and labor unions, as well as the influx of immigrants, influenced the social, economic, and political atmosphere of the gilded age.

A revolutionary rise in industry and labor unions, as well as a massive influx of immigrants brought the monopolistic businesses, industrialization,and urbanization that would define the social, economic, and political atmosphere of the Gilded Age. Innovations such as the transcontinental railroad opened enormous markets which stimulated trade and unbelievable prosperity for those who were able to successfully corner the market in their favor.