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Karl Marx

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Father of communism wrote the “communist manifesto”

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Adam Smith

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Father of capitalism wrote “wealth of Nations”

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Mozart
Bach
Beethoven
Tchaikosky

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The most famous composers of the 17th and 18th century

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Renoir

Monet

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The most famous impressionist artist

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Romanticism

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Artistic movement that portrays subject in a very favorable light

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Realism

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Artistic movement that portrays subjects in their natural, on altered state

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Rococo

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Architectural movement involving highly or new decoration and Flourishes

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Greek Revival

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Architectural style that patterned buildings after the ancient Greeks

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Grins fairy tales

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Famous children’s tales about morality and life

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Goethe

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Famous author who wrote Faust, a story detailing an individual selling his soul to the Devil for a material good life.

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William Wilberforce

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Anti slavery activist in Great Britain who helped abolish the slave trade

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Auto Bom Bismark

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Famous leader of Germany known for his “real politick” views

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Karl Von Clausewitz

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Famous military theorist who revolutionized the art of war.

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Darwin

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“Father of evolution” the origin of species

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Utilitarianism

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Philosophy that holds behavior is best when it serves the most greatest good

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Spinning Jenny

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Invention that revolutionized the spinning of cotton in thread

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Water frame

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Invention that use water to help spin cotton into thread

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Flying shuttle

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Invention that speed up the weaving of textiles

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Steam engine

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Invent you never revolutionize production, transportation and industry

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Seed drill

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Invention that led to faster, precise planting of Fields

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Pocket watches

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Invention that revolutionize timekeeping and ability to regulate the workday

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Photograph

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Invention that created lasting images for the first time

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Railroads

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Invention revolutionize transportation and distribution of people and goods

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