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Makrk Twain named the "Gilded Age" to describe a time after the Civil War.

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Mark Twain I believe.

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What is meant by the gilded age in the late 19th century?

Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. In the popular view, the late 19th century was a period of greed and guile: of rapacious Robber Barons, unscrupulous speculators, and corporate buccaneers, of shady business.


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