World History Bellwork How does a monopoly differ from a cartel? If you were absent last class, you probably need to pick up a copy of the test review for Thursday’s exam, as well as a crossword (also due Thursday) and the fill-in-the-notes.
Impacts of the Industrial Age Chapter 9
Impacts on Business Emerging monopolies trigger calls for regulation Debate: “Captains of industry”, or “robber barons”?
Impacts on Population Improved standard of living for many – Food – Hygiene – City planning – Electricity New social hierarchy Slums Upper Upper Middle Lower Middle Workers
Urban Renewal Cities began to rebuild the slums Put in sewage and drainage systems Widen streets City parks and beautification programs Better planning in general
Impacts on Population New middle-class values – Strict code of conduct – Cult of domesticity Advocates for reform – Mutual-aid societies & labor laws – Temperance movement – Improved public schools & higher education – Social gospel movement – Women’s suffrage
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Impacts on the Arts Literature – Romanticism focuses on emotion/passion Lord Byron Victor Hugo – Realism portrays life “how it is” Charles Dickens Victor Hugo Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. ~Lord Byron
Impacts on the Arts Music focuses on romantic themes – Ludwig von Beethoven uses modern orchestra – Frederic Chopin re-imagines traditional folk songs
Impacts on the Arts Visual arts – Daguerreotype: early photograph – Impressionism: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas – Post-Impressionist: Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin
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Science John Dalton- (1800-English Quaker School Teacher) Father of modern Atomic Theory Mendeleyev-1869 drew up the modern periodic table of elements Charles Darwin- Origin of the Species Theory of Natural Selection
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