Term: Gilded Age (scroll down for definition)

 

 

 

Definition: Gilded Age

Coined by Mark Twain, it refers to the time period between about 1876-1900. Gilded means gold on the outside, and junk on the inside. Things looked good on the outside in terms of industry and invention, but in truth, the common people were suffering.

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