Why the nation struggled during the gilded age?

answer; /// i do believe that the correct answer is (a); a farming tribe that settled primarily along the mississippi and arkansas rivers;

some women in the middle and upper classes worked as doctors, government officials, or priestesses. both women and men enjoyed a better quality of life the higher they were on the social pyramid. the egyptians believed that their class system created a stable, well-ordered society. each group had its own role to play.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

i know number 8 is something about only using 3/5 of the slave votes.