The gilded age refers to the period in the late 1800s when a layer of wealth and excess disguised poverty and corruption in america.
a. true
b. false

The correct answer is A. True. It was called that way because it seemed that it was going well while it was actually really bad for the people and only the rich were becoming richer. The metaphor is used because the gilded things aren't actually golden but rather guilded which means that they're not worth anything, just seem expensive.

Although you did not place the maps, we can say that the political power of Yugoslavia was divided into seven different countries.

Explanation:

Lugoslavia faced a series of racially-based conflicts and political irregularities that caused it to disintegrate, causing the country to be divided into seven different countries, with each of them having their own political power. The country, then, was formed by six independent republics with their own systems of administration and their own ethical groups. The six countries were: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia.