Chapter 9 Flashcards
Ludwig van Beethoven
romantic composer who was the first to take full advantage of the broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra
Alfred Nobel
invented dynamite, a safer explosive than others at the time
urban renewal
rebuilding poor areas of a city
standard of living
a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
women’s suffrage
reform movement concerned with voting rights
Who discovered that sterilizing surgical instruments with antiseptics would help prevent infection?
Joseph Lister
In 1869, what chemist developed a table that became the basis for the periodic table of elements used today?
Dmitri Mendeleyev
A production method in which workers repeatedly perform one task in the manufacturing process is called _______
the assembly line
The technology for America’s first textile factory came from _______
Britain
What limited the effectiveness of women involved in the temperance movement?
They could not vote and were barred from most schools
Which of the following were writers of the realism movement?
Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo
The popular saying “A man’s home is his castle” reflected what middle-class value of the late 1800s?
cult of domesticity
The purpose of Normal Schools was to train students to be ________
teachers
What did Mathew B Brady accomplish in the visual arts?
He took realistic pictures of the Civil War
A company that sells ownership shares to many investors is _______
corporation
