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Life in the Industrial Age
Life in the Industrial Age
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In the late 1800s, what did Charles Lyell accomplish?
He wrote On the Origin of Species.
He uncovered fossilized Neanderthal bones in Germany.
He was a pioneer in the new science of geology.
He developed atomic theory.
2
The purpose of Normal Schools was to train students to be...
doctors
Teachers
good wives
priest
3
rebuilding poor areas of a city
urban dancing
temperance movement
urban renewal
stock
4
Which of the following were writers of the realism movement?
William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gustave Courbet and Thomas Eakins
Edgar Degas and Georges Seurat
Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo
5
The technology for America's first textile factory came from...
Germany
Japan
Britain
France
6
The popular saying "A man's home is his castle" reflected what middle-class value?
romanticism
temperance
women's suffrage
cult of domesticity
7
Movement argued that the use of alcoholic drinks harmed family life n reduced worker product..
suffrage
temperance
abolition
social gospel
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What invention did internal combustion engine make possible?
the Wright Brothers' flying machine
the telegraph
Faraday's electric motor
the steamboat
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Invented the radio
Claude Monet
Alfred Nobel
stock
Guglielmo Marconi
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Advocated limiting or banning the use of alcoholic beverages
standard of living
temperance movement
women's suffrage
realism movement
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What postimpressionist painter used a style that looked like "primitive" folk art?
Paul Gauguin
Henrik Ibsen
Claude Monet
Charlotte Bronte
12
Invented dynamite, a safer form of explosive than others at that time
Alfred Nobel
Guglielmo Marconi
Thomas Edison
Michael Faraday
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Shares of ownership in a corporation
urban renewal
sock
cartel
stock
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What did Mathew B Brady accomplish in the visual arts?
He took realistic pictures of the Civil War.
His pictures captured the beauty and power of nature.
He took postimpressionist pictures with a dreamlike quality.
He photographed cathedral at France from different angles.
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What theory applied the idea of natural selection to the development of business and society?
capitalism
socialism
Social Darwinism
social gospel
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A measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
Louis Pasteur
standard of living
stock
women's suffrage
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Impressionist painter who relied on the viewers eye 2 blend brush strokes into patches of color
Vincent van Gogh
Charles Darwin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Monet
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Established a link between microbes and disease
Alfred Nobel
urban renewal
Louis Pasteur
Ludwig van Beethoven
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1869, what chemist developed a table that became the basis for the periodic table of elements?
Charles Lyell
John Dalton
Thomas Edison
Dmitri Mendeleyev
20
Today's electric generators work on the same principle as the dynamo invented by....
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Guglielmo Marconi
Michael Faraday
21
Russia did not industrialize as soon as other countries because it lacked
technology
political stability
expertise
capital
22
The population of Europe exploded between 1800 and 1900 in large part because
cities eliminated slums
medical advances reduced the death rate
couples started families at a younger age
couples had more children
23
An artist who portrayed the harsh lives of slum dwellers was probably using artistic style?
neoclassicism
romanticism
realism
impressionism
24
The Bessemer process was a method for producing...
identical components
steel
electricty
textiles
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Bedford College in England and Mount Holyoke in the USA were among the first colleges for...
a religious education
a classical education
women
people of all races
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Reform movement concerned with voting rights
stock
temperance movement
standard of living
women's suffrage
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Romantic composer who was the 1st to take advantage of the broad range of instruments
Ludwig van Beethoven
Charles Chopin
Louis Pasteur
Alfred Nobel
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What limited the effectiveness of women involved in the temperance movement?
They were too busy with their family life to vote.
They could not vote and were barred from most schools.
They cared too much about the suffrage movement.
Did't want to be involved in political issues of the day.
29
What contribution to medical science did German doctor Robert Koch make in the 1880's?
He developed a cure for yellow fever.
He identified the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
He developed a process called pasteurization.
He traced malaria to the mosquito.
30
Romanticism can be described as a revolt against the Enlightenment's emphasis on...
legends and folklore
the past
reason
religion
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A company that sells ownership shares to many investors is a...
monopoly
corporation
cartel
trust
32
Who discovered that sterilizing surgical instrument w/antiseptics would help prevent infection?
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
Florence Nightingale
Louis Pasteur
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Production method in which workers repeatedly perform 1 task in the maufacturing process called
the Bessemer process
interchangeable parts
the assembly line
cottage industry
34
Japan lacked basic resources, yet industrialized because...
Political leaders placed a high priority on modernization
Engineers developed superior technology
British engineers came to Japan and set up industries there
They had a great deal of wealth to invest
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Englishman John Dalton made an important breakthrough in chemistry by showing that...
each element has its own kind of atoms
atoms exist within periodic table
all atoms are basically alike
elements can be grouped according to their atomic weights
