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CLEP West Civilization - 2nd Industrial Revolution And Changing World Ideas
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1. Wrote the novel Heart of Darkness in 1902. The story is set in the Congo.
1876
Darwinism
Joseph Conrad
Albert Einstein
2. William Gladstone headed the Reform Act which gave 60% of the men in Britain the right to vote.
John D. Rockefeller
1884
Daimler and Benz
Marie Curie
3. Discovered radium in 1898 and they won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
Freudian psychology
Marie Curie
Model T
Daimler and Benz
4. 'perfected th internal combustion engine' rea. p. 72
Tourism
Joseph Conrad
Daimler and Benz
Albert Einstein
5. Marconi was the first to send radio waves across the Atlantic ocean.
Albert Einstein
1901
Robert Koch
Joseph Conrad
6. 'the X ray as discovered and led many to question prevailing views about the solidity of matter.' rea p. 75
Gregor Mendal
Robert Koch
1895
Marie Curie
7. In 1909 most people could afford this invention by Heny Ford.
Higher Criticism
Joseph Conrad
Salvation Army
Model T
8. Studied genetics in peas. 'father of genetics' Austrian monk.
Marie Curie
Gregor Mendal
Salvation Army
Daimler and Benz
9. Started in the 1800's due to people's growing wealth.
Gregor Mendal
Tourism
Salvation Army
1867
10. Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
Public Health Act
1884
1876
Gregor Mendal
11. First intercontinental cable for the telegraph was done between North America and Britain.
Model T
1884
1867
1901
12. Theory of relativitiy and added time to the view of the universe. So: height - width - depth - and Time.
Albert Einstein
1895
Robert Koch
Gregor Mendal
13. 1878 by William and Catherine Booth
Salvation Army
Marie Curie
Robert Koch
1867
14. French. Discovered that diseases are caused by bacteria. invented pasteurization.
Louis Pasteur
Albert Einstein
Gregor Mendal
Tourism
15. The belief that the Bible was like other old books and was wise by its history was not acurate.
Public Health Act
Higher Criticism
John D. Rockefeller
Tourism
16. We can from life lower than us.
Marie Curie
Darwinism
Louis Pasteur
John D. Rockefeller
17. Our mental processes are irrational and subconsious.
1867
Freudian psychology
Salvation Army
1895
18. Discovered what caused tuberculosis.
1876
Robert Koch
Darwinism
Public Health Act
19. 1875. Britain. it was not legal anymore to put up buildings without plumbling.
1895
Public Health Act
Robert Koch
Higher Criticism
20. Owned the Standard Oil company and had power over 75%+ of the U. S. oil.
Model T
Freudian psychology
1867
John D. Rockefeller