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The Age of Hope was a time of mass interest in science. New ideas and new inventions fueled this time. Europe was having its own industrial revolution at this time and the people were living better than ever. Electricity had come about and it was used in every shape and fashion in order to make living better for everyone. Even the poor could go and watch movies. It was a great time for most everybody. Most people were starting to use electricity for everything, heat, entertainment, and even just to show off wealth. There were huge displays at the fairs and people were loving everything. This period was called the age of hope for a reason, it was called this because it was a time were even the poorest of the poor could wish for the greatest of all things, and not have to know that they are just imagining it. It might actually happen one day.