As Rosevelt describes, through the "Plain people" economic success is contingent upon the hard-working men and women who work tirelessly to provide goods for the country and world. By the 1900's, "the United States was producing a third of the worlds goods--".

Shi, D. E. (2019). America: A narrative history (11th ed., Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company. p. 727

This form of Quid-pro-Quo in the modern day can be defined as lobbying. Corporations use this tactic in order to influence government decision by written or oral communication. Compensation to political decision makers is another way that big company can gain influence within the government.

https://www.ncsl.org/ethics/how-states-define-lobbying-and-lobbyist .

During the Gilded Age (1865-1898) groups of working-class citizens mostly comprised of men began forming labor unions. These unions protested better wages and safe working conditions. As a result, Companies avoided hiring men who belonged to unions and began hiring more women and children. Because women and children had very little social rights in the workplace, employers now were able to exploit women and children for cheap labor. Shi, D. E. (2019). America: A narrative history (11th ed., Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company.