Gilded Age
In United States history, the Gilded Age is the period from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was named by 1920s historians after Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.
Gilded Age - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Era of US history from the 1870s to the late 1890s Not to be confused with The Gilded Age (TV series) . For other uses, see Gilded Age (disambiguation) . Gilded Age 1870s – late 1890s Reconstruction era Progressive Era From top to bottom and from left to right : The Breakers , the Vanderbilt family mansion Illustration from The Gilded Age (1873) Slums of New York City , from How the Other Half Lives (1890) Location United States Including Nadir of race relations Second Industrial Revolution Third Party System
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