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21 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Created an electrical circuit to send human voice
Patented telephone in 1876 |
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Guglielmo Marconi
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invented instruments to receive waves- wireless telegraph
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Wright Brothers
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk, NC 1903 Studied aerodynamics Invented the airplane |
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Charles Darwin
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Theory of evolution
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Louis Pasteur
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identified bacteria (can reproduce and travel everywhere)
Pasteurization – heat liquid to kill bacteria |
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Atomic Theory
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1) All matter is made of atoms. Atoms are indivisible and indestructible.
2) All atoms of a given element are identical in mass and properties 3) Compounds are formed by a combination of two or more different kinds of atoms. 4) A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms. |
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Albert Einstein
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Invented the Theories of relativity
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Psychology
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*Studies the human mind
Sigmund Freud Austrian physician New concept of unconscious to determine human behavior Studied dreams- encouraged patients to talk about what was on their mind Troubled patients- unpleasant experiences in their unconscious- psychoanalysis |
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Sociology
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Study of human relationships in society
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Social Darwinism
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lost influence over time
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suburb
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residential areas on the outskirts of cities
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improvements to diet
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*Science and technology improved methods *Refrigeration- houses and railroad cars
*Helped balance diet all year round *Biologist learned more about food and health *Life expectancy and population increase |
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Education Growth
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*Argument for women’s education
*1800s- elementary school for girls *High school- limited opportunities *US-Mount Holyoke Female Seminary- 1837 *Great Britain- Griton College- 1869 *Newnham College- 1871 |
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Romanticism
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Artistic movement
‘romance of life’ Reaction to enlightenment and revolutions Creativity and indivuduality Idelaized nature and past Great Britain- young poets– emotion, love for beauty, nature |
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Realism
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Dealt with realities of everyday life
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Photography
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Jacques- Mande Daguerre- daguerreotype (1839)
Significant impact on society Captured nature, showed how poor people lived Helped give rise to realism |
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Regionalism
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the portrayal of everyday life w/ attention to how it was lived in particular locales
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Naturalists
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Naturalists- described ugly and dirty aspects of life
Emile Zola Charles Dickens |
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Impressionism
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1860s-1870s
Vivid impression of how people appeared in the moment Studied light and color (patched of colors side by side) |
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Impressionists
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Claude Monet
Pierre- Auguste Renior Experiments in Art Paul Cezanne- abstract qualities of shape and color |
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Post- impressionists
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Paul Gauguin
Henri Matisse Vincent van Gogh Edgar Degas Henri Toulouse- Lautrec Edouard Manet Auguste Rodin |