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=**The Gilded age**=
 * The gilded age refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post civil war and post Reconstruction era. the term gilded age term was coined in a Mard twain book in 1873. The term refers to "gilding" a superficial layer of gold to make fun of ostentatious display while playing on the term Gilded age.** The Gilded Age is most famous for the creation of a modern industrial economy. **During the 1870s and 1880s, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest rate in its history, with real wages, wealth, GDP, and capital formation all increasing rapidly[[image:http://progressiveworldreview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/the-gilded-age.jpg align="right" link="The growth of industryjsp"]]**