Though the period is known for its wildly opulent court festivities, its mania for gambling, and the worldly "gallantry" (as it was then decorously called) of its salons, none of these diversions exercised so forceful a hold on the public as did theater.
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D. 4500 million years ago
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Bacteria is known as one of the oldest life forms which were present on the earth. They were believed to be found in water bodies according to the fossil records found by scientists.
A type of bacteria called Cyanobacteria were the oldest multi celled organisms fossils found by scientists. The fossils found were believed to be around 4.5 billion years ago which is the same as 4,500 million years ago. It is also believed life forms existed before this time.
Increased U.S. public support for the construction of a canal through Central America.
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The Gilded Age was based on industrialization, especially on the development of heavy industry: factories, railways, coal mines. Steel production in the United States during this period exceeded total steel production in the UK, Germany, and France.
Inventors and scientists have contributed to the modernization of America. In 1882, Edison built the first power station in the United States. In 1894, the aggregated value of the industrial products of the United States exceeded the industrial production of England and Germany combined. In 1876, the Bell telephone was presented at the World Exhibition in Philadelphia, and the Chicago exhibition in 1892 approved the status of the United States - the first country in terms of technique.
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