The economy of the gilded age was characterized by

How did the life of sharecroppers affect their children? children went to school because the farms were small, with little work, children had to work on the farm, so they rarely went to school children learned skilled professions as they worked around the farm. children left home when they became adults because the land wasn't theirs.

The system of checks and balances was designed for what purpose? fear of strong state power to keep power out of one branch to appease the southern states to allow the judicial branch to have equal power

Between 1820 and 1860, the united states received a huge number of immigrants from european nations. on the map, identify the state where the most immigrants moved in search of jobs.