Gilded Age
Meaning
Proper Noun
- The period of United States history from the end of the Civil War to the end of the 19th century, a time marked by rapid economic expansion, a lack of government regulation, and rampant corruption.
Origin
- Coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner as the title of a novel published in 1873.
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