Key characteristics of Gilded Age politics

This the first question: List and discuss three key characteristics of Gilded Age politics. How were the excesses of this checked and controlled? Instructions: This essay is to be one page only. Do not exceed one page. I am NOT looking for a research paper. I am looking for a CRITICAL THINKING essay. I want YOUR OWN insightful thinking. DO NOT copy from the internet . I just want you to THINK. Read the assigned chapter, think, and then write! (single spaced) The answer must come frome the assigned book History of American Civilization – Volume II, BREIF TENTH EDITION Required TEXT: Norton, Mary Beth, Carol Sheriff, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey. A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Volume II, 10th Edition. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2015.