Honors World History

A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in Manufacturing and production that began in the mid 1700s

Developing industries for the production of goods

A risk taker who starts a new business within the economic system of capitalism

Economic system in which most businesses are privately owned

American pioneers of aviation; they went from experiments with kites and gliders to piloting the first successful gas powered airplane flight

American inventor of over 1000 patents, including the lightbulb; He established a power plant that supplied electricity to parts of New York City

American business leader; he revolutionize factory production through the use of the assembly line and popularized the affordable automobile (Model T)

A mass production process in which a product is moved forward through many workstations where workers perform specific tasks

Identical machine made parts that can be substituted for each other in menu factoring

The migration of people from rural areas to cities

German social philosopher and chief theorist of modern socialism and communism; he declared that as capitalism grew, more and more workers would become impoverished and miserable. He advocated for a state in which workers own the means of production and govern themselves. Along with Friedrich Engels, he wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848

French Chemist; his experiments with bacteria disproved the theory of spontaneous generation and led to the germ theory of infection. He also developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies.

The process of heating liquids to kill bacteria and prevent fermentation

The theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain microbes.

American industrialist and humanitarian; he led the expansion of the US steel industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s

A measure of the quality of life

Campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages

The right to vote

Movement of the 1800s that urged Christians to do social service

Shares in a company

Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment.

Working class

Workers' organization

Nineteenth century artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is

Nineteenth century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason

School of painting of the late 1800s and early 1900s that tried to capture fleeting visual impressions