Evaluate the extent to which the gilded age reformers were successful?

The Gilded Age occurred from the 1870s to about 1900. The Gilded Age was a period of rapid economic growth, most especially in the area of Northern  and the Western United States. The period witnessed millions of European migration to America, as American wages rises than those in Europe, particularly for skilled workers. The rapid industrial growth result in real wage increase of about 60%, between 1860 and 1890.  Also, the Gilded Age was considered period  of rampant poverty and inequality, as many immigrants from poor regions entered into the United States.

which statement best describes the relationship between the fourteenth amendment and the african american civil rights movement?