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Germ Theory
The germ theory is the theory that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms. Organisms too small to be seen except through a microscope. -
Spinning Jenny
The Spinning Jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key factors of textile manufacturing. It was invented by James Hargreaves. -
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer. He was a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement during the industrial revolution. -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. It enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. -
Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable parts allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly. At a lower cost it made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier. -
Social Dwarfism
Social Darwinism is the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist who is known for the contributions he made to the science of evolution. He hypothesized that all species are dependents of common ancestors. -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and social revolutionist. He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. -
Dynamo
The dynamo is an electric generator that creates a current using a communicator. It was invented in 1826 by Charles F. Bush. -
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. -
Communism
Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx. it advocates class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel Movement was a religious movement that arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and good works together. -
Automobile
The automobile was invented in the 20th century. The year 1886 was considered "the birth of the car" when Karl Benz, a German inventor, patented the Motorwagen. -
Airplane
The airplane was invented Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history. It stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. -
Assembly line
An assembly line is a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence. Assembly lines are the most commonly used method in the mass production of products.