Which is the best description of the impact of capitalism and industrialization on the american public during the gilded age? a) during the gilded age, the south was still reeling from reconstruction and lacked economic stability and infrastructure. b) with new conveniences, reasonably priced consumer goods, and relatively steady pay, americans were better off than most of the world. c) because of the rise of monopolies during the gilded age, the american economy underwent periods of recession and depression that did not end until 1918. d) in the post-civil war period, corporations became larger and more powerful through mergers and monopolies and had a greater influence on american politics.

Read the excerpt from suffragists' "great demand" banner. in june 1917, the district of columbia police began arresting picketers for obstructing sidewalk traffic. the women would be sentenced to serve in the occoquan workhouse prison in lorton, virginia. in august, scuffles broke out at the gates of the white house as angry spectators assaulted suffragists while city police stood by. the picketing continued. on october 20, alice paul was arrested and sentenced to seven months in jail. she and her companions were held in solitary confinement and denied counsel. paul went on a hunger strike and was violently force-fed. authorities confined her to a psychiatric ward in an effort to discredit her. on november 14, thirty women in the workhouse prison were beaten, threatened, and mistreated in what came to be known as the night of terror. chronological structure is used in this passage to emphasize the increasing aggression against women activists. clarify the purpose of the occoquan workhouse prison system. explain the relationship between alice paul and the authorities. define the types of women who were sentenced and imprisoned.