The Gilded Age IssuesWhat was the Gilded Age in the United States, it was a period from 1870 to 1898 (or World War I), marked by the growth of industry and wealth that supported materialism and political corruption. At this time, segregation was marked in the Southern states, and how it was marked will be explained in depth. It was also explained in detail the problems of the government due to corruption. There will be details on the changing economic environment of the working class of the time and the most disadvantaged farmers. This name was taken up by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. • The problems of segregation and social tensions In 1876, when federal troops were withdrawn from the South of the United States, the action of southerners to take control of African Americans broke out. again, who lived in the states without the consent of federal intervention. These measures aimed to completely suppress the right to vote. In these states, they enacted Jim Crow laws. These are segregationist laws that were implemented, they separated whites from blacks. The right to vote was not taken away, but the state government put restrictive measures in place so voters, especially blacks, could not vote. These measures were the poll tax, literacy tests and the grandfather clause. This tax began in the state of Georgia and cost one to two dollars, which in many cases was too high for African Americans. Literacy tests were tests given to all voters to see if they could read and write; middle of paper......farmers culminated in the formation of the Populist Party, or People's Party, in 1892. These populists sought to build a new political party from the ground up. Entire lists featured candidates for office at the local and national level. Like a prairie fire, the spread of the populist party quickly caused the two main political parties to think about their demands. (US History). What the populist party sought was to present the realities that were emerging from the country's politics and the injustices that were being presented to the middle-class population. They also demanded the introduction of silver into the monetary system, they demanded state ownership of railways. Mary Elizabeth Lease made progress in the women's suffrage movement..