Lecture 17: Review Up Until Feminism & Mass Production

why is modern civilization exceptional?

the majority of the world’s population is no longer close to bare biological subsistence

a majority of people no longer have to devote their lives to agriculture and can focus on diverse economic, social, and cultural activities

what was the result of Eurasians bringing diseases to the New World?

90% of Native populations died

the resource-grab society saw people grabbing resources through

trade, expansion, settlement, and war

why is the resource-grab society better than agrarian age socieites?

if you do not like your place in society you can move out to the frontier and utilize the resources (but you have to content with Amerindians)

what is the sacred Manifest Destiny argument?

God uniquely selected the United States to expand its territory across North America, promoting the idea of American exceptionalism

what is the logical Manifest Destiny argument?

there was enough land if Native Americans would adopt European farming methods

the US messed up post Civil War with its failed ________ efforts

Reconstruction

when was mass production solidified?

1930-1945; mass production becomes the dominant way of manufacturing goods in the United States

when was mass production started?

early 1900s; especially with the Ford Model T

1880-1930, the wave of technological innovation in Britain

slows down

between 1880-1930, what helped accelerate the US to become a dominant economy?

mass production and technological innovation

what was the major GPT invention in the 1730s?

steam

what was the major GPT invention in the 1780s?

textiles

what was the major GPT invention in the 1830s?

railroads

what was the major GPT invention in the 1860s?

metallurgy

what was the major GPT invention in the 1870s?

organic chemicals (and corporations)

what was the major GPT invention in the 1880s?

electricity (and indoor plumbing)

what was the major GPT invention in the 1890s?

oil and mail order distribution (can send things reliably)

starting in 1730s until 1830, you get one GPT every __ years

50

from 1860 on, you get one (or more) GPT every __ years

10

what was the major GPT invention in the 1900s?

internal combustion (and consumer durable goods)

what was the major GPT invention in the 1910s?

construction and materials

how did consumer durables impact women?

provided women with more leisure time and increased household efficiency, enabling greater participation in the workforce and society

liberation

rwhat was the major GPT invention in the 1920s?

radio and telecommunications

what was the major GPT invention in the 1930s?

mass production

what was the major GPT invention in the 1940s?

medicine

what was the major GPT invention in the 1950s?

aviation and highways

what was the major GPT invention in the 1960s?

electronics