topic 13 Flashcards
What industry did Watts steam engine revolutionize?
The transportation industry
The invention of photography led to what trending art?
realism
What was built in most cities during the Industrial Revolution that led to a dramatic decrease in the death rate?
sewage systems
What was the purpose of impressionism as an art form?
To capture the effects of light and color on the eye
Who famously wrote about economic subjects of this time period such as supply and demand?
Adam Smith
What method of transporting good became relatively obsolete with the invention of the locomotive?
canals
Describe realism in art
An attempt to represent the world as it was
How did the germ theory save lives in places like hospitals?
It increased sterilization and proved that bacteria carried diseases in microbes which improved hygiene
What economist of this period argued for the abolition of social classes?
Karl Marx
How did the enclosure movement contribute to the industrial revolution?
It allowed landowners to combine land which forced fire markers to look for city jobs and increase the urban workforce
Describe the differences in education for boys and girls during the age of industry.
Boys learned all subjects wild girls learned mainly to be housewives
Who was Emile Zola and what subjects did he famously write about?
An author who exposed class warfare and the French mining industry and realism
What did scientists specifically geologists seek to prove about the earth during mid late 19th century?
The age of the earth and that the earth had formed over millions of years
How are members of the Methodist movement encouraged to behave
Moral, sober, and faithful
What was the goal of the Sadler report?
to help bring harsh child labor conditions to light
What is the main reason the putting out system gave way to the factory system in British textile industry?
Factories were more efficient and replaced human labor And you got higher quality cloth at lower cost and in larger quantity
What were temperance movements?
The move to ban or limit alcohol
What did people who supported the Temperance Movement think a ban on alcohol would cause?
alcohol was affecting work efficiency and family life and they believe that a ban on alcohol would reduce domestic violence
What is social darwinism?
The idea that natural selection applied to human society or in other words a Nazi way of justifying why one group is superior to the other
Whose work contributed to the invention of electricity?
Michael Faraday
What did the invention of the internal combustion engine lead to in terms of another invention?
pilot controlled airplanes
What were the main goals of the social gospel movement?
The social gospel movement encouraged Christians to social service?
Who invented explosives?
Alfred Nobel
Why was the industrialization of Belgium significant?
It became the first continental European country to industrialize and it broke Britain’s monopoly
