G.S. 3 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Who was the first European nation to industrialize after Britain?
Belgium
By 1900, what country overtook Britain as the world’s leading industrial nation, producing roughly 30% of the world’s industrial goods?
United States
What state was the first American textile factory built?
Rhode Island
Who was the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite, which he used his fortune from to fund famous awards that are still given today?
Alfred Nobel
By the late 1800s, what replaced steam as the primary power source of industrial power
electricity
A manufacturing process in which parts are added in a sequence along a line from workstation to workstation
assembly line
In the late 1800s which American automaker began making model cars that could reach breathtaking speeds of 25 mph?
Henry Ford
What set of brothers designed and flew the first airplane in North Carolina in 1903?
Wright Brothers
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Which British woman is considered the founder of modern nursing and was quoted as saying “a hospital should do the sick no harm”
Florence Nightingale
Rebuilding of poor areas of a city is called
urban renewal
Eventually as time went on, the worldwide standard of living improved and the standard work day was set at how many hours?
8
A campaign started by women to ban or limit the use of alcoholic beverages was called the (———) movement
temperance
The first women’s rights convention that took place in 1848 where women demanded the right to vote was called the
Seneca Falls Convention
Which amendment granted women suffrage in 1920?
19th
To explain the slow process of evolution, Charles Darwin put forth his theory stating that only the strong survive. This theory was called
Natural selection
A style of art and literature that emphasizes imagination, freedom, and emotion
romanticism
An artistic style that attempts to portray the world exactly as it is
realism
What type of composer was Beethoven?
a romanticism composer
Why did photography pose a challenge to realist artists?
already depicts the world as it is
Who invented the periodic table?
Mendeleev
Who invented the Cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Where did the Industrial revolution begin?
Britain
What two resources were the most important during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution?
coal and iron
