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