One reason people tolerated poverty during the Gilded Age was because they

Many people in the Gilded Age accepted the idea that poverty reflected a person’s own character or choices. Some believed the poor were sinners and therefore deserved their low position in society, rather than seeing poverty as a result of unequal opportunities or economic conditions. So the correct choice is “believed less fortunate people were sinners and deserved their station in life.”

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