What was the going on in American society that led authors Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner to refer to late 1800s America as ""The Gilded Age""?

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Answer:

Gilded Age, period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in U.S. history during the 1870s that gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism

Explanation:

By saying Gilded Age, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.