We watched America: The Story of Us. We also watched presentations.
The Turrn of the 19th Century
Science
- The science of this era would experience some wonderful expansion
- universities and industries hired scientists to promote their schools or to work directly for industry
- the leading aspect of science during this time was the Theory of Evolution- study of finches and orchids
Mad advances in science
- science exercied a growing influence on human thought, even more so than during the scientific revolution
- tthere was an enormous explosion of growth in fundamental science- scientific discoveries of the late 19th century were used to make improvements in the quality of life
- this period also witnessed the beginning and growth of hospitals- founded in Britain as a result of voluntary efforts by pprivate citizens
19th Century Science
- anthropology, archeology, and cell biology were created
- solar system was formed by planetesimals- small bodies in space that collide and join together
Scientific Discoveries
- periodic table is a tabular display of the chemical elements, organized on the basis of their atomic number, electron configurations, and chemical properties
- main body of the table is 18 x 7
- elements are presented un uncreasing atomic number
Medicine in 19th century
- benefit of war was advancement in medicine
- wounds sustained on the battlefield were treated immediately and under unique circumstances
- 19th century was a time of war and unrest in Us and Europe
- One surgeion, Ambroise Pare, became an expert in treating gunshot wounds in Napoleon's army but breakthroughs in controlling bleeding, infection, and pain were dveloped in 19th century battlefields also
Diseases
- sick people would interact with others and openly spread germs with other people
- packing people together in a small area with dwindling resources was asking for rampant disease
- due to high prices of property and low pay many workers earned, many people in urban centers couldn't afford hygenic needs or medicine
19th Century
- age of machine toold
- machines that made parts for other machines, and tools- including interchangeable parts
- inventoors began to design practical internal combustion engines
- assembly line was invented in this time- allowing people to work faster, was more efficient, and caused more goods to be made
19th Century Technology
- battery invented
- 4 years later first person to patent gas lighting
- first steamppowered locomotive made
- telegraph made in 1837 by Samuel Morse- morse code named after him
- telegraph is just long distance messaging without physical exchange of an object
Technology
- industrialize and urban expansion helped shape america what it is today
- population boom put a strain on housing developers - some people lived on streets or moved into tenements which wasn't much better
- high demand for houses pushed prices and put more strain on cash-strapped workers
- industrialized cities experienced phenomenal growth as people left homes and villages and took up jobs to work with strangers
- about working long hours for little pay
- transition from small, family owned business to big business
Crowded Cities
- some results included growing slums, increased population densities, and increased crime
- most families deprived of their livelihoods decided to start anew and a migration of immigants began to the New World, a land of opportunity
Manufacturing
- once balanced national economy suddenly became divided between an industrial North and a n agrarian South
- North focused on industry
- Sounth focused on agriculture- once slaves were free, they tried to get people to work for as cheap as they could
- failure to compere in the marketplace meant economic collapse
- south fought for its life
- Civil War was fought moreover economics than ideology
- Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was meant ot break and attack the economic back of the south than it was intended to promote racial equality
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