La Belle Epoque Shaking up the World!

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Charles Darwin

Darwin Wrote “The Descent of Man” –Puts forth the theory of evolution Disrupts religion Science can be used to explain things, not faith –World was simply “matter in motion” –Survival of the fittest

Albert Einstein

Einstein Universe was not finite and did NOT follow the laws of cause and effect –Things didn’t always happen for a reason –Theories help propel space discoveries

Sigmund Freud

Freud Stated that behaviors come from feelings and the unconscious –“ Rational” people (Westerners) act on impulses, just like “primitive” people (Non-Westerners). –Helped with the understanding of mental disabilities

Second Industrial Revolution Electric Street Cars

Cars Mercedes –Perfects engine Henry Ford –Assembly Line: reduces time to make a car from 12 hours to 1.5 hours

Results Standard of Living goes up People live longer –Louis Pasteur – micro-organisms cause disease

Optimism If Westerners were all of this and progressing, then they would continue to dominate – Darwin’s theory Europeans believed that they would control the entire world