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19th Century Progress19th Century Progress

It's It's wasn'twasn't just new stuff… just new stuff…

……it was that the it was that the pacepace of change of change sped upsped up

Gasoline & internal combustion Gasoline & internal combustion engineengine

Electricity & electric generators in Electricity & electric generators in factoriesfactories

Key Inventors & InventionsKey Inventors & Inventions

Thomas Edison: & the phonographThomas Edison: & the phonograph

Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell– Using electricity to transmit soundUsing electricity to transmit sound

Telephone, 1876Telephone, 1876

Guglielmo Marconi & the "wireless," 1895Guglielmo Marconi & the "wireless," 1895– Morse Code developed as international codeMorse Code developed as international code

carscars

1st automobile made in Germany 1st automobile made in Germany Henry Ford & the Model T, 1908Henry Ford & the Model T, 1908

– Interchangeable partsInterchangeable parts– Assembly line Assembly line

Cars transformed life, esp. in U.S.Cars transformed life, esp. in U.S.– Where people could live, "suburbs"Where people could live, "suburbs"– Gas stations, gas refineries, etc.Gas stations, gas refineries, etc.– Traffic lawsTraffic laws– Motor hotels = "motels" Motor hotels = "motels"

"mass culture""mass culture"

Increased literacyIncreased literacy Improvements in communicationImprovements in communication

– e.g. Radio allowed for nationwide broadcastse.g. Radio allowed for nationwide broadcasts Increased leisure time for the working Increased leisure time for the working

class, middle classclass, middle class– "the weekend""the weekend"– 40-hour week40-hour week

Motion pictures, spectator sports, etc. Motion pictures, spectator sports, etc.

Medicine & ScienceMedicine & Science

Germ theory, 1850sGerm theory, 1850s Louis Pasteur & bacteriaLouis Pasteur & bacteria Joseph Lister, 1865Joseph Lister, 1865

– AntisepticsAntiseptics– CleanlinessCleanliness– Improved city planning & sanitationImproved city planning & sanitation

DiseasesDiseases– Vaccines & curesVaccines & cures

Medicine & Science, cont'dMedicine & Science, cont'd

Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin, Origin of SpeciesOrigin of Species– Theory of evolution

Gregor Mendel & his peas– Inherited traits, etc.

John Dalton & atoms, atomic theory Dmitri Mendeleev & the Periodic Table

Medicine & Science, cont'dMedicine & Science, cont'd

Marie & Pierre CurieMarie & Pierre Curie– radioactivityradioactivity

Ernest Rutherford & Albert EinsteinErnest Rutherford & Albert Einstein– PhysicsPhysics

PsychologyPsychology– PavlovPavlov– FreudFreud

Take Away Points to PonderTake Away Points to Ponder

What was "mass" about the mass culture?What was "mass" about the mass culture?

Why did Pavlov's & Freud's ideas Why did Pavlov's & Freud's ideas challenge the ideas of the Enlightenment?challenge the ideas of the Enlightenment?

Why might there have been a general Why might there have been a general feeling of optimism at the dawn of the feeling of optimism at the dawn of the 20th century?20th century?