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40 Cards in this Set
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Dynamo - electric generator
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*developed by Michael Faraday
*who thought it terms of pictures *noticed invisible lines of force flowed around the electric wire *demonstrated force/energy |
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Guglielmo Marconi-
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*developed transmission of sound without wires
*his invention relied on the discovery of electromagnetic waves |
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Wright Brothers
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*invented the first airplane
*first flight was Thurs. Dec. 17, 1903 |
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bobbies
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permanent (city) police force in London
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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German composer
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history
economics sociology |
are all considered social sciences
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by the end of the 1800 education for women was
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more focused on languages, literature, and home economics
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more forms of entertainment
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was encouraged due to the growing populations in cities
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popularity of bicycles was a result of
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mass production
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naturalism
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when naturalists used art to show/tell about problems of everyday life
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Beethoven's expressed his love in nature in the
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Pastoral Symphony
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Sigmund Freud -
a famous psychologist |
introduced the idea of the unconscious mind as a determining factor in human behavior
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one of the deadliest diseases of the 1700s
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smallpox
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rugby was adapted into an early form of the game known as football by
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Walter Camp
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one of the founders of sociology
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Auguste Comte
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biological sciences
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deal with living organisms
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Joseph Lister - developed antisepsis
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use of chemicals to kill germs
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growing cities created a demand for
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a blossoming entertainment industry
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romantic art and literature had little to do with
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the everyday lives of industrial age people
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Internal combustion engine
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*used by early airplanes
*led to the development of the automobile *used fuel instead of steam for power |
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Edward Jenner
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used vaccines to prevent smallpox
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Wilhelm C. Rontgen
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used the x-ray to take a certain type of photograph
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behavior that is automatic is known as
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reflex action
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Anthropology
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the study of different societies
both past and present |
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Regionalism
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the focus of everyday life in particular places
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Mark Twain
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described life along the Mississippi River
which is a strong example of regionalism |
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vaccinations
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a dead strain of the virus given to fight off the virus when a person becomes infected
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Theory of Evolution
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No two living things are alike
*they change and die off due to natural selection *the offspring have trates they can survive with |
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Positives of city growth
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*Jane Addams worked for better social conditions
*public sewers installed *running water *flushable toilets *refrigeration developed *forms of entertainment grew *public parks and playgrounds developed |
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Negatives of city growth
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*suburbs developed causing people to have to commute to the city for work
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Electricity
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changed the pace of life...HOW?
was it a good thing or bad thing? |
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radioactivity
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release of energy as elements break down
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emigration
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movement of people away from their homelands
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romantacism
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*focus on emotion over reason
*showed an appreciation for nature and beauty |
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Alexander Graham Bell
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used an electric wire to send voices over long distances
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Louis Pasteur
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learned that heating liquids prevented the growth of bacteria
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Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity stated
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no particle can travel faster than light
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Edison's major innovation
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the light bulb that burned for two days
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Charles Darwin's theories
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influenced research in the scientific world
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In 1870, the U.S. and many Wuropean nations passed laws requiring
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education for all children
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