During the Gilded Age (1876-1900), Were the Presidents More Successful with Domestic Affairs or Foreign Affairs? Why?

The Gilded Age will be remembered for the accomplishments of thousands of American thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs, writers, and promoters of social justice. The Gilded Age and the first years of the twentieth century were a time of great social change and economic growth in the United States. Roughly spanning the years between Reconstruction and the dawn of the new century, the Gilded Age saw rapid industrialization, urbanization, the construction of great transcontinental railroads, innovations in science and technology, and the rise of big business. Afterward, the first years of the new century that followed were dominated by progressivism, a forward-looking political movement that attempted to redress some of the ills that had arisen during the Gilded Age. Progressives passed legislation to rein in big business, combat corruption, free the government from special interests, and protect the rights of consumers, workers, immigrants, and the poor. During the Gilded Age I believe the presidents were more successful with domestic affairs. Domestic affairs, in relation to presidents refer to things that are happening in politics and government in the US - the opposite of domestic affairs is foreign affairs, and that involves international politics. Domestic affairs, no president ever came to power who was better equipped to handle the management of a federal bureaucracy than Chester Arthur. Some of the affairs he would take care of are: reforming civil service policies, reducing tariffs, limiting expenditures and Chinese immigration, and renovating the White House. Some historians have dubbed the presidents of the Gilded Age the “forgotten presidents,” and indeed many Americans today have trouble remembering their names, what they did for the country, or even in which era they served. These six men—Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison—had relatively unremarkable terms in office and