Innovations

Theory that states that microscopic organisms named germs can cause disease in the human body.

• Big Bang Theory

• Spontaneous Generation Theory

• Germ Theory

• The Pasteur Theory

This French scientist discovered the link between germs and disease. He also made milk drinkable.

• Louis Pasteur

• Thomas Edison

• Joseph Lister

• Benjamin Dairy

This English scientist discovered believed germs caused infection, insisted on the use of antiseptics.

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Joseph Lister

• Johnny Cleanhands

1876, This man patented the telephone and transformed the ability to communicate over long distances.

• Joe AT&T

• Thomas Edison

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Graham Bell

Henry Ford's most important invention was...

• The Automobile

• The Assembly Line

• The Labor Union

• The Factory System

What is a labour union?

• A large factory

• Group of lower-class individuals

• Cheap labour from overseas

• Group of workers get together to increase their rights

How did new scientific and technological advancements impact Europeans in the early 1900s?

• reduced automobile ownership

• increased standard of living

• made factory production less efficient

• caused higher unemployment

One result of the Agricultural Revolution was

• increase in food production
• decrease in the amount of food produced
• Increase in the number of farmers
• decreased population

Which of the following was NOT a way that the steam engine changed industrialization?

• It made production faster
• Factories didn’t need to be by streams
• It caused an increase demand for coal
• It encouraged cottage industry

The factory created a new labor system in which

• workers required skill and received high wages
• Workers had to work regular and long hours, and perform repetitive tasks for low wages
• Workers welfare was highly valued
• Workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods