The period after Reconstruction, the last few decades of the nineteenth century, was known as the ” Gilded Age,” a term coined by Mark Twain in 1873. The Gilded Age was a period of transformation in the economy, technology, government, and social customs of America.
The Gilded age and the Progressive Era are time periods that played an important role in the development of the American society. The Gilded Age is a period of American history between 1870 and 1900. ... By this, he meant that this period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
New" Immigration took place during the Gilded Age. Most of the immigrants were from Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Russia and Croatia. The vast majority of immigrants were Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. However, Jews from Eastern Europe began to immigrate as well because of increasing persecution.