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