September 25, 2012

Jake, Brad, Jordan, and Alex 

This era would experience some wonderful expansion. The leading aspect of science during this era has to be the Theory of evolution. Science suddenly exercised a growing influence on human thought even more so then during the Scientific Revolution. Breakthroughs in industrial technology stimulated scientific inquiry. This period also witnessed the beginning ans the rapid growth of hospitals. New branches of science such as anthropology, archaeology and cell biology were created. The Periodic table is the tabular display of chemical elements , organized  on the basis of their atomic number, electron configurations, and chemical properties. Benefit of the war was the advancement of medicine. as wounds sustained on the battlefield have to be treated immediately  Breakthroughs in controlling bleeding, infection, and pain were developed on the 19Th century battlefield also. Packing people together in small areas with dwindling resources is just asking for rampant disease. Due to the high prices of property ans the low pay many workers earned, many people couldn't afford good hygiene. Inventors began to design practical internal combustion engines. Assembly line was created in this time period (what it allowed and its purpose). In 1837 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. Telegraph is just a long distance messaging without physical exchange of an object. Industrial and urban expansion helped shape america what it is today. POPULATION BOOM! Many people were moving to city to find work so a lot of people lived in streets or tenements. Worked long hours for a little pay. Some of the immediate results included growing slums, increased population densities and increased crime. North focused on the industry to make there money. The south was more an agricultural based. Cheap labor was a necessity. Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation was supposed to attack the economics of the south.

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