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Which author is credited with coining the term Gilded Age?

(A) Upton Sinclair
(B) Ida Tarbell
(C) Samuel Clemens
(D) Lincoln Steff ens
(E) Edward Bellamy

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It would be "Samuel Clemens" who is credited with coining the term Gilded Age, since Clemens noted that the apparent prosperity of the age in terms of wealth and extravagance was hiding a far more sinister and desperate situation.
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