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Germ Theory
Theory that microorganisms known as pathogens or germs can lead to disease. These small organisms, too small to be seen without magnification, invade humans, other animals, and other living hosts. -
James Watt
He was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. Who improved upon Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine creating the Watt steam engine which helped improve the Industrial Revolution throughout the world -
Mutual aid societies
A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members. If they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment. Some are based around a shared ethnic background, religion, occupation, geographical region or other basis. -
Socialism
Socialism is a political philosophy and movement. Which is characterized by social ownership of the means of production. And can be used to stop the inefficiencies, irrationalities, unpredictability, and crises that socialists traditionally associate with capitalism. -
Cotton Gin
It was a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. It increased the production of cotton and decreased the number of people required for harvesting cotton. -
Charles Darwin
He was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist. He is most known for his proposition that all species descended from common ancestors. He also introduced the idea of natural selection. -
Karl Marx
He was a German political theorist and a critic of political economy who’s philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic, and political history. -
Dynamo
The dynamo was the first electric generator and was a great invention for electricity. A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. It was also the first electrical generator capable of delivering power for industry. And the foundation upon which many other later electric-power conversion devices were created. -
Alfred Nobel
He was a Swedish chemist that held 355 patents most famous of which was dynamite. He is most famous for using his fortune to create the Nobel Piece Prize. -
Thomas Edison
He was an American inventor who created many important inventions such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb. He also created the first industrial research laboratory. -
Social democracy
Social democracy is a government system that has similar values to socialism but with a capitalist framework. The ideology named from democracy where people have a say in government actions, supports a competitive economy with money. But also helping people whose jobs don't pay a lot. -
Social gospel
The Social Gospel is a social movement that aims to apply Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, and child labor. It was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. Followers believed the Second Coming could not happen until humankind rid itself of social evils by human effort. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism refers to various theories and societal practices that apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics. Social Darwinism says that the strong see their wealth and power increase while the weak see their wealth and power decrease. The popularity of Social Darwinism declined after the First World War and was discredited by the end of the Second World War. -
Automobile
Cars were invented when German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Automobiles a very important invention and were a luxury early on. They were used to transport goods and people greater distances than before. -
Airplane
Plane were created by many people but the beginning of human flight was started by Otto Lilienthal. Airplanes were a huge invention for human and material transportation. They allowed travel of people and products farther than ever before.