What German composer created some of his most iconic music towards the end of his life while almost completely deaf?
In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, the invention of ___________ greatly imrpoved the quality of surgeries for both doctor and patient.
What firm believer of DC power, gave us the incadescent light bulb?
What British naturalist was responsible for writing On the Origin of Species?
What post-impressionist painter suffered from psychotic episodes, delusions, and depression?
What inventor was responsible for the creation of the radio?
___________ created the cotton gin, which seperated the seeds from raw cotton at a fast rate.
What was the world's first major rail line?
Major cities during the Industrial Revolution experienced __________, due to changes in farming, soaring population growth, and an ever-increasing demand for workers.
What is it called when multiple corporations join forces to fix prices, set production quotas, and/or control markets?
What is the process by which rich landowners began taking over or consolidating land formely shared by peasant farmers?
Lifestyles in tenements greatly increased the chance for contracting such diseases as cholera.
Labor unions were originally illegal, and members had to conduct secret meetings for fear of prison or retalliation.
Freeways were created by entrepreneurs who looked to charge travelers a toll, or fee, to use them.
Workers on an assembly line required proper training on all phases of production.
The Wright brothers short flight led to comercial flying being a reality only 20 years later.
Please select ANY answers applicable to Karl Marx.
Please select ANY answers applicable to Florence Nightingale.
Please match each item on the left with its approraite definition/explanation on the right.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Henry Bessemer | arrow_right_alt | Concluded that poverty was unavoidable because the population was increasing faster than the food supply. |
James Watt | arrow_right_alt | A chemist, who invented dynamtie, an explosive much safer than others used at the time. |
Alfred Nobel | arrow_right_alt | An engineer, who patented the quick and cheap process of making steel from iron. |
Thomas Malthus | arrow_right_alt | Responsible for creating the improved upon steam engine, which would power the Industrial Revolution. |
Please match each item on the left with its approraite definition/explanation on the right.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Utilitarianism | arrow_right_alt | People as a whole, rather than private individuals, would own and operate the means of production. |
Communism | arrow_right_alt | An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. |
Socialism | arrow_right_alt | Though not introduced as it was written, this would come to be known as a system of government led by a small elite controlling all economic and political life. |
Capitalism | arrow_right_alt | The idea that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens. |