Life in the Industrail Age Flashcards
(37 cards)
Dynamo
machine that generates electricity
Interchangeable parts
identical components that can be used in place or another one
Stock
shares in companies
Cartel
association to set prices
Germ theory
link between microbes and disease
Urban Renewal
rebuilding of the poorareas of a city
Mutual-aid living
self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers
Cult of domesticity
idealized women and the home
Temperance movement
campaingn to limit or banthe use of alcoholic beverages
Women’s suffrage
womans right to vote
Racism
bellet that one racial group is superior to another
Social gospel
movement that urged Christians to social service
Romanticism
words worth was part of a cultural movement
Realism
new artistic movement
Impressionism
photography in paris
Bessemer process
purity iron ore
Atomic Theory
everything is made of atoms
Natural Selection
survival of the fittest
Social Darwinism
rasicism
Salvation Army
collects money for the army
assembly line
added parts along the belt
corporation
businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock
Standard of living
quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
Alfred Nobel
created the noble prize