Chapter 9 Sections 1-3

Microbes are the cause of specific infectious diseases, until 1870.

Developed a table that became the basis for the periodic table of elements used today?

In the late 1800s, what did Charles Lyell accomplish?

The Bessemer process was a method for producing

Made many important discoveries, including vaccines for rabies and anthrax.

Social Darwinism was used to justify ___________.

What invention did the internal combustion engine make possible?

Sayings like "home sweet home", represented

The technology for America’s first textile factory came from

Workers repeatedly perform one task in the manufacturing process is called

The rebuilding of the poor areas of a city

Today’s electric generators work on the same principle as the dynamo invented by

A company that sells ownership shares to many investors is a

When people have access to both the necessities and comforts of society they have a good.

What contribution to medical science did German doctor Robert Koch make in the 1880s?

John Dalton made an important breakthrough in chemistry by showing that

Reformers in what movement argued that the use of alcohol harms family life.

The population of Europe exploded between 1800 and 1900 in large part because

Which of the following groups best represented the ideals of the social gospel?

Movement in in the late 1800's, urged that women be given the right to vote in the USA.

What theory applied the idea of natural selection to the development of business and society?

Who discovered that sterilizing surgical instruments with antiseptics helps prevent infection

How did large companies come to dominate industrial economies by the late 1800s?

8 hour work days, improved safety measures, and the outlawing of child labor was fought for by

Credited with helping to create reforms in British army hospitals. Reduced death rate.

In order to help sick or injured colleagues, workers formed