1. 6/4/2012 An Age of Democracy and Progress 1 19th Century Progress Breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life and entertainment.

2. 6/4/2012 An Age of Democracy and Progress 2 Inventions Change Way of Life Edison � 1000 inventions, light bulb and phonograph. Started research lab Alexander Graham Bell - teacher of deaf students � telephone. Ford � American mechanic, assembly line to build cars. Model T sold for $850 in 1908. Lowered price as productions costs fell to $300 Wright Brothers � bicycle mechanics, 1903 flew a gas-powered flying machine for 50 seconds, 1st aircraft

3. 6/4/2012 An Age of Democracy and Progress 3 The Rise of Mass Culture Public education � increased literacy. Books, newspapers, magazines Printing presses � made publications affordable Phonograph, records � music into people�s homes Working day limited to 10 hours, week was Monday � Friday, and � day on Saturday. Created weekend and time for relaxation. Music halls and vaudeville Movies invented � 1900 first feature films Sports � Olympics 1896

4. 6/4/2012 An Age of Democracy and Progress 4 New Ideas in Medicine and Science Germ theory of disease, Louis Pasteur mid-1800s Darwin�s Theory of Evolution � 1859 Origin of Species Mendel and Genetics � how traits are passed on to generations Chemistry and Physics � Dalton, atoms, Mendeleev � Periodic table of elements Marie and Peter Curie - radioactivity

5. 6/4/2012 An Age of Democracy and Progress 5 Social Sciences Psychology � study of human mind and behavior Pavlov � conditioned behavior Pavlov�s dog Sigmund Freud � how the unconscious mind drives people to think and act Challenged ideas of the Enlightenment, that reason was supreme. Questioned idea that humans could perfect themselves and society through reason.