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19th Century Health
19th Century Science
19th Century Invention
19th Century Inventors
19th Century Scientists
100
One of the primary causes of the deterioration of public health in the 19th century
What is overcrowding?
100
The concept that organisms pass on traits that are favorable to survival of the species.
What is "natural selection?"
100
The period of 1770-1830.
What is the First Industrial Revolution?
100
He created this code for the blind that is used today.
Who is Louis Braille?
100
His work is the basis for the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
In response to growing health problems, governments created these.
What are Boards of Health?
200
Gregor Mendel articulated these two types of inherited genes
What are dominant and recessive?
200
This wave of innovation brought about large scale industrialization and transportation
What is the Second Industrial Revolution?
200
Henry Bessemer is known for patenting a breakthrough in this material essential to industrialization?
What is steelmaking?
200
He is best known for his work in dominant and recessive genes
Who is (Gregor) Mendel?
300
This major outbreak in England killed more people than the Black Plague.
What is cholera?
300
This theory states that energy cannot be created or destroyed... it can only change form.
What is the Theory of Conservation of Energy?
300
Germany, home of many high performance automobile brands, is also the home of what related invention?
What is the combustion engine?
300
This British Army officer, Henry Shrapnel, invented which weapon?
What is the shrapnel shell?
300
He claimed that energy cannot be destroyed, only change its form.
Who is James Prescott Joules?
400
This profession rose as a result of the health problems in Europe.
What is "nursing?"
400
These plants were the primary subject of Gregor Mendel's work
What are pea plants?
400
A production breakthrough reduced the costs of this material to 1/6th of previous methods and ushered in mass production and use of this material.
What is steel?
400
He created the first internal combustion engine.
Who is Nikolaus Otto?
400
Created the Periodic Table of Elements
Who is Dimitri Mendeeleev?
500
The Contagious Disease Act of 1864 was passed believing that this was the cause of disease.
What is prostitution?
500
Russian Mendeeleev invented this chemistry framework.
What is the Periodic Table of Elements?
500
This country overtook Europe in the second half of the 19th century in terms of invention and breakthroughs.
What is the United States?
500
Finish this quote: "The greatest invention of the 19th century was the invention of the method of ----------"
What is "invention?"
500
On his famous voyage, Charles Darwin sailed on this boat
What is the HMS Beagle?