Growing industrialism of the Gilded Age a threat to American Democracy?

Title: Growing industrialism of the Gilded Age a threat to American Democracy?
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Growing industrialism of the Gilded Age a threat to American Democracy?

        The growing industrialism of the Gilded Age was indeed a threat to American Democracy. The American Government stood idly by as the Industrialists became more and more powerful. The Preamble of the document that is the foundation of this great country, The Constitution of the United States, reads: 'We, the people of the United States, in order to form a perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 801 total…job to do anything. However, those people should refer back to the Preamble of the Constitution. The Preamble states that one of the purposes of this union is to promote the general welfare of the people. By allowing the major Industrialists to eliminate competition in business and in government, the American Democracy was threatened. It became increasingly obvious that American Democracy was not promoting the general welfare of the nation, thus not doing its job.

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