chapter 19 for test 8 Flashcards
a time of dramatic changes in agriculture, industry, and technology
age of industry/ industrial revolution
growing just enough food to feed your own family
subsistence farming
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
reaper
cyrus McCormick
the mass production of this began the industrial revolution
textiles
spinning mule
Samuel crompton
cotton gin
eli Whitney
miner’s safety lamp
sir Humphrey Davy
steam engine
James Watt
first practical steam engine
Robert Fulton
first practical steam-powered locomotive
George stephenson
first modern automobile in the United states
Henry Ford
first modern automobile in Germany
Karl benz
electric telegraph
samuel Morse
patented the first telephone
Alexander graham bell
all matter is composed of sub-molecular particles called atoms
atomic theory
discovered the elements polonium and radium
pierre and Marie curie
introduced antiseptics
joseph lister
discovered germ theory of disease
Pasteur
the worlds greatest inventor
Thomas Edison
oil industry
Rockefeller
allows individuals the freedom to follow their economic pursuits as they see fit (free enterprise)
capitalism
banking industry
J.P morgan
steel industry
Carnegie
