What was the Gilded Age? well, it was only the birth of modern America..
Why the name?
This period in time was named the "Gilded Age" by Mark Twain; a very famous American author and Humorist.
By the "Gilded Age" Mark Twain meant that this period was pretty on top and ugly on the bottom. By this I think he meant that the hard labor of the working-class was very cruel, but this also gave an opportunity for children and their families to make a living.