How did progressive reformers respond to problems of the gilded age

The Gilded age was a time of trusts, monopolies, abuse of workers, and coverture. Progressivism was caused by the gilded age because it was created to fix the economy of the gilded age. The corruption in the gilded age such as the tweed ring lead to progressivism which lead to the progressive era.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

in the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson announced that every human being has “certain unalienable rights,” among which are those to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of " hope i