1how did prominent figures of the gilded age, such as andrew carnegie, both support and challenge the social order of the time?

a. they argued that government needed to step in to correct abuses and corruption within the economic and political system, while also supporting political leaders as having the right intentions.
b. they argued that people who were struggling had the opportunity to improve their lives under current conditions but that there was a lack of law enforcement against organized crime.
c. they argued that wealthy business owners were a natural and positive outcome of the era's growth but that they did also have an obligation to those who were suffering.
d. they argued that industrialization had divided society into classes with variations in wealth that were too wide but that most of those at the top were sympathetic to the poor.