chapter 19 Flashcards
a time of dramatic changes in agriculture, industry, and technology
age of industry/ industrial revolution
the way of life based on the biblical teaching that God expects all men to work and that all work is a noble duty to be performed toward God
protestant work ethic
growing just enough food to feed your own family
subsistence farming
seed drill
Jethro Tull
steel plow
John deere
reaper
cyrus mcCormick
wages compared to the cost of living
real wages
flying shuttle
John kay
spinning mule
Samuel crompton
power loom
Edmund cartwright
cottin gin
Eli Whitney
steam engine
James watt
miner’s safety lamp
sir Humphrey Davy
made inexpensive iron into steel process
Henry Bessemer
first practical steam engine
Robert Fulton
first practical steam powered locomotive
George stephenson
first modern automobile in United States
Henry Ford
electric telegraph
Samuel Morse
patented the first telephone
Alexander graham bell
the worlds greatest inventor
Thomas Edison
discovered the atomic theory
John dalton
discovered the elements polonium and radium
pierre and Marie curie
discovered germ theory of disease
Louis pasteur
introduced antiseptics
Joseph lister
allows individuals the freedom to follow their economic pursuits as they see fit (free enterprise)
capitalism
oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
banking industry
J.P. Morgan
love of mankind
philanthrophy
the mass production of this began the industrial revolution
textiles
first modern automobile in Germany
Karl benz
all matter is composed of sub-molecular particles called atoms
atomic theory
the most critical factor determining how far a nation can advance
mastery of the food supply
