Prussia’s defeat of Austria in the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866 had confirmed Prussian leadership of the German states and threatened France’s position as the dominant power in Europe. The immediate cause of the Franco-German War, however, was the candidacy of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (who was related to the Prussian royal house) for the Spanish throne, which had been left vacant when Queen Isabella II had been deposed in 1868. The Prussian chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, and Spain’s de facto leader, Juan Prim, persuaded the reluctant Leopold to accept the Spanish throne in June 1870.
<span>Muckrakers of the 19th century can be compared to some, but not all modern day journalists. Muckrakers were famous for "digging up dirt" on people and exposing them. Today's journalists do similar things, especially in the current political environment. However, today's journalists have it easier with the inventions of social media and the Internet. It's much easier to "dig up dirt" on people and expose them.</span>
In the 1800's due to the Wars Of Independence, France was a friend of the USA. It thus felt threatened if its friend, the French, were heavily beaten.
The correct answer is Renaissance
The period of the Renaissance, or Italian Renaissance, passed in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries. It can be said that it was a transitional period between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, which was marked by important changes in socio-cultural thinking, reflected in the economy, politics and religion. Jacob Burckhardt, in his book "The Culture of the Renaissance in Italy", written in 1867, clearly defines the term "Renaissance", as we understand it today. It is a period of "discovering the world and man". The return to the paradigms of Classical Antiquity, which brought humanism and naturalism as ideal, were the main guiding threads of an entire period of empirical and scientific flourishing of an era.
So, what happened was that those operas had a lot of commercials during the shows (for soup and detergent) directed at housewives that were thought to do the laundry during the show. The best answer is then this one:
<span> because they were targeted at housewives who did household chores</span>
