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The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.

He believed in uniformitarianism, that geological processes at work today have formed the earth's surface over a long time.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All life had gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin in an unending struggle for survival.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gradual change and continuous adjustment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A body of thought that applies biological evolution to human affairs, focusing on economic struggle determining the survival of the fittest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The critical analysis of contemporary or historical social groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most prominent and influential late-nineteenth-century sociologist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Higher suicide rates were caused by widespread feelings of 'anomie,' or rootlessness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A movement that stressed the depiction of life as it actually was, rejecting romanticism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They believed it was neither good nor evil but rather determined by hereditary and environmental factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It became congested, dirty, and unhealthy; extreme overcrowding occurred, but public health movements and the bacterial revolution helped reduce diseases and death rates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The steam engine allowed industrialists to build factories in urban areas, attracting many people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cities had better shipping facilities and attracted a large number of workers, leading to rapid industrial growth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It promoted population growth, longer life expectancy, and lowered infant mortality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Government reforms modernized infrastructure, regulated public health, and established modern police forces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The pressure of increased population and lack of public transportation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that social policies should promote the greatest good for the greatest number.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reformer charged with administering relief to paupers and a powerful voice for public health reform in Britain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That diseases were contracted through inhaling bad odors of decay and excrement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A French chemist who developed germ theory and the process of pasteurization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He founded the antiseptic principle, promoting sterilization in surgical procedures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An urban planner who modernized Paris and set a model for urban planning throughout Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion of cities and improved access to housing for lower and middle-class people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Class structure became more complex and diverse, with a significant gap between rich and poor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nuclear family and the cult of domesticity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wages and the quality of life improved due to labor laws and social welfare programs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The second industrial revolution and changes in production and marketing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Industrialists, bankers, merchants, doctors, lawyers, and small business owners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Highly skilled workers who earned more than unskilled workers but less than upper-class members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poorly paid handicraft production often carried out by married women at home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Women experienced a division of labor, leading to economic inferiority and stronger emotional ties among couples.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional ties between mothers and children strengthened, while father-child relations often strained.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle-class notions of romance began to influence working-class marriages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legal, economic, and political rights for women, as well as improved working conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Women's right to vote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Influential scientific works and discoveries promoted strong economic growth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Depicting the lives of ordinary people and addressing social problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The relationship between heat and mechanical energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dmitri Mendeleev codified chemistry rules and specialized branches emerged.</p> Signup and view all the answers