Chapter 19 & 21 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Thomas Edison
Invented the first eelight bulb and incandescent lamps
Steel
Henry Bessemer he developed a new process from making steel from iron. Steel became major in tools.
Social gospel
Movement of the 1800s that urged Christians to do social service
Romantic
19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than season
Stock
Shares in a company
Capital
Money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise
Urbanization
Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Utilitarianism
Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people
Racism
Belief that one racial group is superior to another
Enclosure
The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers
Turnpike
Private road built by entrepreneurs who charged a toll to travelers who used It
Tenement
Multistory building divided into crowded apartments
Labor union
Workers organization
Cult of domesticity
Idealization of women and the home
Urban renewal
The process of fixing up the poor areas of a city
Women’s suffrage
Right of women to vote
Electricity
Replaced steam as the dominant source of industrial power.
Orville and Wilber wright
Designed an flew a flimsy airplane at kitty hawk
Florence nightingale
Was a British nurse. She found the worlds first school of nursing
Charles Darwin
He published on the Origin of Species. Come up with the most controversial idea.
Claude Monet
Brushes strokes of color side by side without any blending
Michael faraday
Created the first simple electric motor and the first dynamo. A machine that generates electricity
James watt
He made improvements on the steam engine to make it more efficient
Eli Whitney
Invented the the cotton gin that separated seeds from raw cotton
