Why did we name the time period in the late 19th century to the early 20th century the Gilded Age?

The gilded age was the changing point of us history but wasn’t all it was made out to be netter than is was we had share cropping that was basically free and legal slavery that would trap anyone into a cycle of death

basiclily it was made to look better that it was.

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