<em>The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today</em> was jointly published by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in 1873. It was meant to be a satirical novel, which criticized the society at the time, which was quickly becoming <u>greedy</u>: industrialization brough a big economic expansion but meanwhile there were political scandals, corruption, fights for power and social convulsions.
In fact, the title of this novel ended up giving the name to era comprised between the 1870s and 1900: the Gilded Age.
Japan was able to fight and defeat Russia in 1904-1905.
Because of this war Japan was able to conquer Manchuria. However, Russia was
able to conquer and defeat japan. Russia was able to gain the rights over Manchuria
when they attacked Japan after the US had declared War with Japan.
Eastern europe had twice as many countries as before and more languages and cultures
The term Tammany Hall is associated with political corruption.
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Every decision one makes involves giving up some opportunity to take advantage of another. An opportunity cost must be desirable because there would be no meaningful decision to be made between a desirable option and an undesirable one.
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