Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was the era of economic development and intense wealth generation in the United States from approximately 1876 to 1914. The expansion of commerce and heavy industry, mercantilist economic policies, and federal railway subsidies created a number of immensely wealthy businessmen, many of whom were referred to as robber barons. The term "Gilded Age" was coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their 1873 book, '.

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Generally considered to begin with the 1876 election of Rutherford B. Hayes, the Gilded Age was the time of the greatest economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion in American history. The term gilded denotes gold-covered, but underneath lay a harsh reality. The Gilded Age saw a drastic increase in the diversity of the United States due to immigration, but accompanying this diversity came an increase in prejudice and racial discrimination.

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