1. The “Gilded Age” is a name given by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) for the end of the 1880’s. That time period seemed like a golden age because of all the prosperity, but underneath all of this was really greed and corruption. | 1. The “Gilded Age” is a name given by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) for the end of the 1880’s. That time period seemed like a golden age because of all the prosperity, but underneath all of this was really greed and corruption. |