La Belle Epoque Shaking up the World Paris

La Belle Epoque Shaking up the World!

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Charles Darwin

Darwin • Wrote “The Descent of Man” – Puts forth theory of evolution • Disrupts religion • Science can be used to explain things, not faith – World was simply “matter in motion” – Survival of the fittest

Albert Einstein

Einstein • Universe was not finite and did NOT follow the laws of cause and effect – Things didn’t always happen for a reason – Theories help propel space discoveries

Sigmund Freud

Freud • Stated that behaviors come from feelings and the unconscious – “Rational” people (Westerners) act on impulses, just like “primitive” people (Non-Westerners). – Helped with the understanding of mental disabilities

Second Industrial Revolution • Electric Street Cars

Cars • Mercedes – Perfects engine • Henry Ford –Assembly Line: reduces time to make a car from 12 hours to 1. 5 hours

Results • Standard of Living goes up • People live longer – Louis Pasteur – micro-organisms cause disease

Optimism • If Westerners were all of this and progressing, then they would continue to dominate – Darwin’s theory • Europeans believed that they would control the entire world