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He named it that because in the 1870's it was a period of glitter and gaudiness in the United States after the Civil War. Mark Twain disliked this period because he felt Americans were spending money for show-off things, while poverty and corruption were everywhere
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During this era, America became more prosperous and saw unprecedented growth in industry and technology. It was a period where greedy, corrupt industrialists, politicians and bankers enjoyed extraordinary wealth and opulence at the expense of the working class. it was wealthy tycoons, who inconspicuously held the most political power during the Gilded Age.
