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Changing Attitudes And Values

Explore the changing social classes, women's struggles, and scientific advancements in the 19th century, influencing attitudes and values. Learn about industrialization, women's suffrage, germ theory, and more.

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Changing Attitudes And Values

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  1. Changing AttitudesAnd Values Mr. Meester World History 6-2 & 6-3

  2. Vocabulary • Women’s Suffrage • Germ Theory • Joseph Lister • John Dalton • Charles Darwin • Social Darwinism

  3. Three Social Classes • Industrialization created 3 social classes • Upper Class • Extremely rich business men • Would often marry into nobility. • Middle Class • Fastest growing class, • made comfortable incomes • Enjoyed a wide range of goods • Working Class • Workers & farmers, poorest class • Still the largest class

  4. Middle-Class Values • The middle class had rules & expectations for every occasion. • Even a small middle class household was expected to have a cook & a maid. • The Middle class also divided labor between men and women.

  5. The Ideal Home • Men went to work at an office or shop to support the family. • Women controlled the home. • They raised the children • Directed the various servants • This created a Cult of Domesticity • Home was a nest for kids • Refuge for the husband • Wives were self-sacrificing

  6. Women’s Struggles • A number of women’s groups emerge in response to women’s issues. • Temperance Movement • Setup to ban alcoholic beverages. • Women’s Suffrage • Pushed for equal rights particularly the right to vote. • Both were long but successful fights.

  7. Public Education • In the late 1800’s governments begin to setup public schools. • Generally only middle class children attended. • High Education expanded during this time as well. • More Colleges & Universities • Some women start attending

  8. Medical Advancements • Improved medicine keeps the population growing rapidly. • Louis Pasteur’s Germ Theory • Proves germs exist and cause disease. • Joseph Lister starts sterilizing surgical tools and washing his hands. • Improved hospital care saves people’s lives • Mainly due to better hygiene.

  9. Science Expands • John Dalton’s Atomic theory • Showed that atoms are basically alike • Geologists begin to question the Church about the age of the Earth. • Charles Darwin develops the Theory of Natural Selection • The idea that nature chooses the strongest and they survive.

  10. Social Darwinism • Thinkers after Darwin applied his theory to society as well. • It was used to justify actions in business, war, and politics. • Encouraged racism and unethical practices in the name of survival.

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