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World History: Industrial Revolution - People - Inventions
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1. Inventor of the Cotton Gin - 1793
Gregor Mendel
Domestic system
Mercantilism
Eli Whitney
2. Invented trans-atlantic cable that linked Europe to US for telegraphs
blue collar workers
Cyrus Field
Edward Jenner
Robert Fulton
3. Altered theory of Magnetism - stating magnetism generates electricity
Guglielmo Merconi
Michael Faraday
Natural Gas
Petroleum
4. Discovered first anesthetics - substances that increased recovery speed - reduced pain - and relaxed patients
William T.G. Morton
Thomas Newcomen
Wright Bros.
Thomas Edison
5. German who invented the X-ray
Edward Jenner
Thomas Edison
Alessandro Volta
Wilhelm Roentgen
6. Invented the wireless telegraph - 1895
Adam Smith
James Hargreaves
Guglielmo Merconi
Electric Generator
7. Inventor of the Cotton Gin - 1793
Factory Towns
Petroleum
Ironmaking
Eli Whitney
8. Invented by Hypolite Pixii (he is unimportant) in 1832
Electric Generator
Marie + Pierre Curie
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
9. Invented telegraph
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
Edmund Cartwright
white collar workers
Ironmaking
10. Govt. regulates economy
Mercantilism
Wilhelm Roentgen
George Stephenson
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
11. Invented by Hypolite Pixii (he is unimportant) in 1832
Mercantilism
James Hargreaves
Edward Jenner
Electric Generator
12. First trans-atlantic flight - 1927
Robert Fulton
blue collar workers
Charles Linbergh
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
13. Scientists who studied radioactive elements - discovered radium and polomium - died of cancer from radiation exposure - received Nobel Prize in science
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
John Kay
Marie + Pierre Curie
John Dalton
14. Mass-scientist - perfected electric generator and light bulb
Thomas Edison
Marie + Pierre Curie
Cyrus Field
Great Britain
15. Invented Electric battery
John Kay
Alessandro Volta
Robert Fulton
Michael Faraday
16. Invented Steam Ship (Clermont) - 1807
Edward Jenner
Factories
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Robert Fulton
17. Invented the Radio around 1904-1912
Eli Whitney
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
John Dalton
Alessandro Volta
18. Genetics specialist who researched the pigment of the pea plant
John Kay
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
William T.G. Morton
Gregor Mendel
19. Started theory of Evolution and natural selection from research in Galapagos Island
John Dalton
Charles Darwin
white collar workers
Petroleum
20. 'Leave it alone' - Free economy document using ideas of Adam Smith - except for Govt. preventing monopolies
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Michael Faraday
Marie + Pierre Curie
John Dalton
21. Invented Steam Ship (Clermont) - 1807
blue collar workers
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Guglielmo Merconi
22. Inventor of Power Loom
Mass Production System
Marie + Pierre Curie
Edmund Cartwright
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
23. Factory workers - poor - uneducated - stagnant - suffered in Industrialization
blue collar workers
Petroleum
Thomas Edison
Great Britain
24. Scientists who studied radioactive elements - discovered radium and polomium - died of cancer from radiation exposure - received Nobel Prize in science
Marie + Pierre Curie
Robert Fulton
Ironmaking
blue collar workers
25. Invented Steam locomotive - 1814
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
George Stephenson
Guglielmo Merconi
Factories
26. Produced first vaccination - it was for small pox in 1796
Edmund Cartwright
Electric Generator
George Stephenson
Edward Jenner
27. Created first airplane 1903
Natural Gas
Gregor Mendel
Wright Bros.
John Kay
28. Proved bacterial diseases - created rabies + anthrax vaccines - DISCOVERED PASTEURIZATION to kill bacteria
John Dalton
William T.G. Morton
Mass Production System
Louis Pasteur
29. Idea for standardized/ interchangeable parts for machinery
Edward Jenner
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
Thomas Newcomen
Eli Whitney
30. Produced first vaccination - it was for small pox in 1796
Michael Faraday
Electric Generator
Edward Jenner
James Hargreaves
31. Invented the wireless telegraph - 1895
Natural Gas
James Watt
Guglielmo Merconi
George Stephenson
32. Altered theory of Magnetism - stating magnetism generates electricity
Charles Darwin
George Stephenson
Domestic system
Michael Faraday
33. Country that started Industrial Rev. - took over Textile Industry - Spread using Imperialism
Michael Faraday
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Great Britain
Marie + Pierre Curie
34. Creator of Dalton's atomic theory in 1803
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
Robert Koch
John Dalton
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
35. Cities/Places where there were cheap housing - slums - epidemics - high-death rate based around Industry
white collar workers
Factory Towns
John Dalton
Edmund Cartwright
36. Genetics specialist who researched the pigment of the pea plant
white collar workers
John Kay
Gregor Mendel
Edmund Cartwright
37. Discovered first anesthetics - substances that increased recovery speed - reduced pain - and relaxed patients
Karl Benz
William T.G. Morton
Thomas Newcomen
Mass Production System
38. Disliked mercantilism - supported free economy - law of supply + demand - law of competition - Self-regulating markets
Adam Smith
Ironmaking
George Stephenson
Cyrus Field
39. Researched bacteria and discovered tuberculosis and cholera
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
Marie + Pierre Curie
40. Invented trans-atlantic cable that linked Europe to US for telegraphs
Mercantilism
Wilhelm Roentgen
Cyrus Field
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
41. Researched bacteria and discovered tuberculosis and cholera
Karl Benz
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
Guglielmo Merconi
42. Steam Engine inventer Who was overshadowed by James Watt
James Watt
Charles Darwin
Thomas Newcomen
Alessandro Volta
43. Started theory of Evolution and natural selection from research in Galapagos Island
Robert Fulton
Coal
Charles Darwin
Joseph Lister
44. Educated office people who wore white shirts - thrived in Industrialization
Alessandro Volta
John Dalton
Coal
white collar workers
45. Inventor of the Spinning Jenny (wheel)
blue collar workers
Mass Production System
James Hargreaves
Coal
46. Disliked mercantilism - supported free economy - law of supply + demand - law of competition - Self-regulating markets
Adam Smith
blue collar workers
Wilhelm Roentgen
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
47. Economics where work is done from homes
Joseph Lister
Domestic system
Factory Towns
Michael Faraday
48. Created first airplane 1903
Wilhelm Roentgen
William T.G. Morton
Wright Bros.
Ironmaking
49. Power source for power and fuel
Cyrus Field
Petroleum
Eli Whitney
Mercantilism
50. 1 worker makes 1 part and then parts are assembled
Mercantilism
Wright Bros.
Mass Production System
Alessandro Volta