At Jackson Elementary, children are taught to read by learning to recognize entire words and sentences and to use the context of the words that are used in the text to guess their meaning. Their reading material consists of stories, poems, newspapers, and magazines. This school is using the approach to reading instruction.

All of the following statements point out negative aspects of the gilded age except: a. politicians gave government jobs to political supporters. b. political bosses cheated large cities out of millions of dollars. c. industrialists bribed members of congress to ensure favorable votes. d. in 1903, wisconsin became the first state to hold primary elections.