Transcript The Building of European Supremacy

The Building of European
Supremacy
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Industrial Revolution
Henry Bessemer- discovered a way to
produce steel cheaply at large quantities.
The Solway Process
Allowed for the recovery of chemical
byproducts. (sulfuric acid, soap)
 Plastics and dyes also developed.
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Electricity
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1st public power plant in Britain in 1881.
Gottlieb Daimler
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Invented the modern internal combustion
engine.
Henry Ford
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Made the automobile accessible to the
masses.
Economic difficulties
Agriculture declined due to bad weather and
foreign competition.
 Unemployment rose.
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Petite Bourgeoisie Emerged
The lower middle class (white collar
workers).
 Secretaries, clerks, lower-level govt
officials.
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The New Paris
Eiffel Tower built in 1889.
 Streets opened up.
 Seine River, no longer an open sewer.
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Development of Suburbs
Costs within cities grew exponentially.
 European suburbs consisted of apartment
buildings or private houses closely packed
together.
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Cholera
Epidemic in 1830’s-1840’s.
 Reason: pollution.
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New Water and Sewer Systems
Mortality rates dropped.
 Human excrement disposed.
 Clean water free from bacteria.
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Public Health Informers
Louis Pasteur- France
 Robert Koch- Germany
 Joseph Lister- Britain
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