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The Automobile Benz Ford First gasoline- driven auto
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Internal Combustion Engine 1903 First successful powered airplane flight (12 seconds) aerodynamics Wright Brothers
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Communications Marconi’s radio WirelessWireless Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves Ship to shipShip to ship Ship to shoreShip to shore Bell’s telephone
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The Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution’s effects on science, communication, transportation, medicine, education, culture, and the arts.
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Electricity Michael Faraday Developed the dynamo—electric generator Powered by steam engine Used to power machines
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Advances in Technology Incandescent light bulb 1879 (lasted 2 days) Phonograph Kinetoscope Menlo Park Lab 1000 patents Thomas Edison
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Cell Theory—basic unit of life Every new cell must come from some older cell. Only living matter can produce new living matter. Rudolf Virchow
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Lamarck’s Evolution Living things changed their form due to their environment
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Darwin Tree of life—all things originate from one common ancestor— humans evolved from animals. Survival of the Fittest=Natural Selection
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Effects of Darwinism Separated science and religion Social Darwinism--natural selection applied to society Used as an argument for the “necessity” of poverty Racism Genocide Eugenics Imperialism/Colonialism Holocaust
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Fight Against Disease Pasteurization= heating liquids to prevent bacteria and fermentation Anesthesia & Antiseptics Louis Pasteur Anthrax and rabies vaccines
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Other medical developments: Edward Jenner Smallpox vaccineSmallpox vaccine 17961796 Robert Koch Discovers germs that cause tuberculosis & Asiatic choleraDiscovers germs that cause tuberculosis & Asiatic cholera 18821882 Aspirin & Sulfa drugs Alexander Fleming PenicillinPenicillin 19281928
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Atomic Theory Mendeleyev’s classification of elements.
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Radioactivity and X-rays Wilhelm Rontgen: X-ray Curies: Radioactivity
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Quantum Theory Max Planck 19001900 Energy could be released only in definite “packages”, or quantaEnergy could be released only in definite “packages”, or quanta
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Einstein & Relativity Energy=mass multiplied by the speed of light squared Means that a small amount of mass can become a great amount of energy
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Freud & Psychiatry Unconscious determines behavior Hypnotized patients “couch therapy” Wanted to eliminate guilt Thought religion was a mental illness. Believed all forms of love were sexual in nature.
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Freud “Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.” “Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”
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What would be the results if one eliminated guilt?
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Effects of Freud Sexual Revolution Bad habits are defined as diseases One is not responsible for poor behavior Loss of faith
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Emigration Move to industrialized cities for jobs Move to industrialized cities for jobs Travel was easier and safer Travel was easier and safer Oppression (Armenian genocide by Muslims) Oppression (Armenian genocide by Muslims) Discrimination (Jews & Slavs Discrimination (Jews & Slavs Economic hardship (Irish Potato Famine) Economic hardship (Irish Potato Famine) Settle territories Settle territories
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Shift to Cities Cities are forced to deal with crowed streets, sanitation issues, garbage, crime, etc.
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Move to the Suburbs Public transportation, (like trolleys and trains) and automobiles make it possible.
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Sanitation Sewer systems and flushing toilets.
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Diet and Refrigeration Children with rickets (caused by a vitamin D deficiency). The first electric refrigerators.
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Public Education Universal Universal Compulsory Compulsory Need for literate workers Need for literate workers
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Women’s Education Women’s education movement is linked to the women’s suffrage (vote) movement. Women’s education movement is linked to the women’s suffrage (vote) movement. Emily Davies: women’s education advocate & suffragette.
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Leisure theatre baseball Public Parks basketball
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Romanticism Sentimental Sentimental Appealed to the imagination Appealed to the imagination Idealized nature & the past Idealized nature & the past Emphasized emotion & instinct Emphasized emotion & instinct Glorified the past, especially the Middle Ages Glorified the past, especially the Middle Ages
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Literature
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Music
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Art
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Gothic Revival
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Photography Saved Yellowstone
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War Correspondent Matthew Brady
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Capturing Poverty
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Realism Artists dealt with reality Artists dealt with reality Detailed ordinary life Detailed ordinary life Social and economic themes Social and economic themes
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Regionalism Mark Twain Everyday life in a certain region.
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Naturalists Focused on the ugly sordid parts of life.
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Impressionists Tried to give vivid impressions of people and places, paying close attention to light and color. Monet & Renoir
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“Art for art’s sake” Did not require art to have purpose or even meaning. Art becomes more “abstract”.
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