10.4- Nineteenth-Century Progress Flashcards
pre-1800s energy
coal and steam
late 1800s new types of energy
gasoline- made from oil, powered the internal combustion engine, led to the automobile
electricity- led to the electric generator
teacher of deaf students, invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
created first radio in 1895
Marconi
cars
Ford
assembly line
a line of workers who each put a single piece on the product as they passed on a moving belt
flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Germ Theory of Disease
developed by Louis Pasteur- bacteria caused diseases
implemented antiseptic methods
Joseph Lister
Charles Darwin
English naturalist whose theory of evolution caused much controversy
Darwin’s ship
Darwin’s book
H.M.S. Beagle
On the Origin of Species
theory of evolution
change through natural selection
Discovered radium and polonium
Marie and Pierre Curie
psychology
the study of the human mind and behavior
mass culture
the appeal of art, writing, music, and other forms of entertainment to a larger audience
Rise of Mass Culture
-public education, increase in literacy, mass market for books and newspapers
-improvement in communications, publications cheaper and more accessible, mass market for books and newspapers
-shorter workday (10 hrs) shorter workweek (5 1/2 days), more leisure time, greater demand for mass entertainment activities
musical variety shows
vaudeville
What effect did the assembly line have on production costs?
It lowered them by lowering the manufacturing time.
How did Joseph Lister improve the survival rate of his patients?
He immediately implemented hygienic protocols based off Pasteur’s Germ Theory
What effect did the spread of public education have on culture?
An increase in literacy, which in turn caused a mass market for books and newspapers
