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Mark Twain described the period of the late 1800s in America as a Gilded Age (not a Golden Age) because, like base metal made to look like gold, it's superficiali culture and beauty covered corruption and crudity.

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Mark Twain referred to the period 1870-1900 as the "Gilded Age" in his book of the same name. He used this term to describe the glittering wealth and widespread corruption that characterized the era.

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