A tarihin Amurka, Zamanin Gillded zamani wani zamani ne da ya wuce daga 1870 zuwa 1900. Lokaci ne na ci gaban tattalin arziki cikin sauri, musamman a Arewa da Yammacin Amurka.Yayin da albashin Amurka ya karu da yawa fiye da na Turai, musamman ga ƙwararrun ma'aikata, da haɓaka masana'antu na buƙatar ƙara yawan ma'aikata marasa ƙwarewa, lokacin ya ga kwararar miliyoyin baƙi na Turai.Fadada haɓakar masana'antu cikin sauri ya haifar da haɓakar albashi na gaske na 60% tsakanin 1860 da 1890, kuma ya bazu ko'ina cikin ƙarfin ƙarfin aiki.Akasin haka, zamanin Gilded kuma wani zamani ne na tsananin talauci da rashin daidaito, yayin da miliyoyin baƙi—da yawa daga yankuna masu fama da talauci—suka kwararowa cikin Amurka, kuma yawan tarin dukiya ya ƙara fitowa fili da rigima.^[73]Hanyoyin jiragen kasa sune manyan masana'antar haɓaka, tare da tsarin masana'anta, hakar ma'adinai, da kuɗi suna ƙaruwa da mahimmanci.Shige da fice daga Turai, da Gabashin Amurka, ya haifar da saurin bunƙasa ƙasashen yamma, bisa ga noma, kiwo, da ma'adinai.Ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago sun ƙara zama mahimmanci a biranen masana'antu da ke haɓaka cikin sauri.Manyan bakin ciki guda biyu na kasa baki daya - firgici na 1873 da firgici na 1893 - sun katse ci gaba da haifar da tashin hankali na zamantakewa da siyasa.Kalmar "Gilded Age" ta fara amfani da ita a cikin 1920s da 1930s kuma an samo shi daga marubuci Mark Twain da Charles Dudley Warner's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, wanda ya haifar da wani zamani na matsalolin zamantakewar al'umma wanda aka rufe ta hanyar zinare na zinariya. .Rabin farkon zamanin Gilded ya zo daidai da tsakiyar zamanin Victoria a Biritaniya da Belle Époque a Faransa.Farkon sa, a cikin shekaru bayan yakin basasar Amurka, ya mamaye zamanin Sake Ginawa (wanda ya ƙare a 1877).An bi shi a cikin 1890s ta hanyar Ci gaba Era.^[74]