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"? O American Society had a powerfully wealthy exterior that was overshadowing a horrendously poverty-stricken lower class.
O America was focused on mining gold while neglecting other materials that would have had more industrial value.
All facets of American society were experiencing record levels of wealth and comfort.
Americans were beginning to care about the environment and clean up the cities.