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Who is Thomas Edison
Inventor of the electric light bulb
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What is urban renewal
The rebuilding or improvement of the poor areas of a city
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What is love
a more accepted reason for marriage in the 1800's
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What is Realism
The artistic portrayal of the harshness of life
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What is the upper class
this social class consisted of wealthy industrialists and the old nobility
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Who is Alexander Graham Bell
inventor of the telephone
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What is the death rate fell
why populations soared between 1800 and 1900
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What is Social Darwinism
applying the laws of survival of the fittest to war, economics, business, etc.
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What is Romanticism
this art style, was against the Enlightenment's focus of progress and reason. They glorified nature, and emphasized emotion
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What is producing better citizens
this was the overall goal of public education in the 1800's
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Who is Samuel Morse
Inventor of the telegraph
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What are sewage systems
This was added to cities to combat epidemics of cholera and tuberculosis
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What is the Salvation Army
This group was formed in london because of the social gospels stance against social darwinism
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Who is Van Gogh
Impressionist painter of starry night
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What is the assembly line
this new development in factories made production faster and cheaper
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Who is Henry Bessemer
Invented a process of purifying ore to make steel
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What are slums
these areas where the poor lived continued to be harsh
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What is womens suffrage
this movement made faster strides in rural areas than it did in Britain and the US.
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What is photography
This art form caused painters to take art into the new direction of impressionism
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What are monopolies
Many business owners controlled entire industries by creating these, and owning all of one type of product.
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Who is Nikolaus Otto
Invented the internal combustion engine
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What is germ theory
In response to this scientific discovery, (that disease is caused by virus and bacteria), people bathed more and changed more,
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What is a strict code of conduct
middle class society was run by this , ways of behaving in society.
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Who is Victor Hugo
Author of Les Miserables
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What is increased economic growth
The marriage of science and industry had this effect.
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