what were the major laws and decisions affecting corporations during the 19th century? how do they reflect changing views about the role of government?

Explanation:

During the Gilded Age, proponents of laissez-faire policies opposed government intervention in society or the market.

Laissez-faire ideology influenced government policies toward labor relations and Reconstruction.

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south