The Entire Summary of Ch. 23…except pg 665-670

WORD DOCUMENT: Ch 23 Notes

The second industrial revolution brought about steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum.

New Products

Steel was substituted for iron.
Rolling and shaping steel made it useful for construction of smaller, lighter, faster engines.
The U.S. ended up producing more steel than the leaders in Europe but, in Europe Britain and Germany were the leaders.
Great Britain also [...]

Science/Culture in Age of Realism

Romanticism began to fade away and was replaced by Realism, the focus shifted from the inside world of reality to the outer material world.
A New Age of Science

The machines of the industrial revolution did not require any pure science. However, the advancement of technology did increase the interest in basic scientific research.
The steam engine [...]

Marx and Marxism

Marx and Marxism

Beginning of Marxism was traced back to the Communist Manifesto written by both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Marx was born into a prosperous family of rabbis and his carefree attitude towards school got himself sent to the University of Berlin.
Earned a PhD in philosophy but could not teach at the school [...]