Who coined the name The Gilded Age?

Question

Who coined the name The Gilded Age?

Answer 1

Mark Twain....definitely!

Answer 2

Thomas Jackson

Answer 3

Its is Mark Twain. He stated it because the politics of the time was looking good on the outside (or Gilded) But if you scatched the surface you wouldn't like what was found

Answer 4

Mark Twain sounds just right to me.  He was such a cynic.  Gilded means gold-plated and contrasts with Golden as in a Golden Age.

Answer 5

Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens. He made it up because he was poking fun at was really happening at the time with polititcs.

Answer 6

Mark Twain. Check out this website:

http://www.senate.gov/reference/referenc...