University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
HIS 101 | World Topics Since 1500
Academic year:

2021
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100

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2
Author:

Leilani Contreras

KEY Mankind: The Story  of All of Us American Civil War Episode 11: “Speed” 00:00 – 6:34 Fairly gross – 3:30 or so (maggots crawling out of a wound) 1. As the Union troops approached Richmond, what did the Confederates decide to do? How did this decision backfire?  burn down the warehouses – the fire spread and burned down most of Richmond Mass Production & Japanese Modernization 6:34 – 13:59 2. Japan had been isolated for nearly 200 years in an attempt to preserve their unique culture. During this time, what class of people moved to almost mystical status in Japanese culture?  Samurai 3. Iwasaki Yataro was from an old samurai family. What did he do to bring Japan into the modern world?  He had his topknot cut, then started Mitsubishi as a steel company. 4. How quickly did Japan industrialize?  In about a decade – or faster than any other nation on earth. Emigration & the RMS Titanic 28 14:00 – 24: 5. What technology enabled RMS Titanic officer Jack Phillips to communicate with land?  radio (they might also put Morse code) 6. In this period, 1 in 20 people on the planet emigrated. The most popular destination was America. Why did so many people come?  dreams of a better life 7. The third‐class cabins flooded first. What problem did the third‐class passengers encounter as they attempted to flee the vessel?  The doors were locked – they were trapped below decks. 8. Did Theodor de Mulder live or die? How?  He lived – by clinging to the wreckage and then being saved by one of Titanic’s lifeboats. 9. According to James Meigs, how did the sinking of Titanic affect how people viewed technology?  They never had quite the same faith or optimism in technology as they did before. The Quest for Rubber 24:28 – 27:49 10. What did Charles Goodyear sacrifice in his quest to make rubber useful? (Name at least three).  He went to jail for his debts.  His family had to rely on handouts.  He put in five years worth of work.  Lost his fortune several times.  Went bankrupt a number of times. Exploitation in the Congo 27:49 – 34:33 Note: This is very violent and may lead to some parent objections – but it’s very, very good, and ought to be shown. 11. What did Harris decide to do about the problem?  She took photographs of the victims and had them published in newspapers around the world. 12. Writer Judith Lindbergh said that, “Just one look at what had happened to these people in the Congo…was able to communicate so broadly and so horrifically that it transformed world opinion and it changed society.” What about these photos enabled them to change society?  Answers may vary, but most will be something along these lines: They were graphic representations of brutality perpetrated on the weakest members of society. Alexander Fleming & the Discovery of Antibiotics 44:12 34:33 ‐ 13. Life expectancy on the front line was approximately six weeks. 1/3 of these deaths did not come from weapons, but from…  disease or bacteria 14. Before this time, doctors treated wounds with carbolic acid. This killed the bacteria. What else did it kill – making it a problem for battlefield medicine?  white blood cells 15. What solution did Alexander Fleming find to the problem described in the previous questions?  penicillin