Unit 4 Vocab - People

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  1. 4. American theoretical physicist; he developed the theory of relativity among his many scientific theories and was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921
  2. 8. King of Belgium from 1865 - 1909; he financed the expedition to the Congo and assumed the title of sovereign leader of the Congo Free State. His armies treated the Congolese brutally and exploited them as workers
  3. 9. English scientist, he proposed the theory of evolution through natural selection
  4. 10. American inventor of over 1,000 patents; he invented the light bulb and established a power plant that supplied electricity to parts of New York City
  5. 14. American inventor and educator; his interest in electrical and mechanical devices to aid people with hearing impairments led to the development and patent of the telephone
  6. 15. Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis; he treated hysteria using hypnosis and believed that complexes of repressed and forgotten impressions underlies all abnormal mental states
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  1. 1. American engineer and inventor, he built the first commercially successful, full-sized steamboat, the Clermont, which lead to the development of commercial steamboat ferry services for goods and people
  2. 2. German statesmen; he became the leading force behind German unification. His main political goal was for Prussia to gain power over Austria
  3. 3. American industrialist and humanitarian; he led the expansion of American steel industry
  4. 5. English author during the Victorian Era; he wrote Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities
  5. 6. Scottish inventor, he developed crucial innovations to make the steam engine efficient, fast, and better able to power machinery
  6. 7. German composer who spanned the Classical and Romantic periods; often considered the greatest composer; wrote symphonies, quartets, and sonatas
  7. 11. Russian physiologist and experimental psychologist; he researched the physiology of the heart, the digestive system, the brain, and the higher nervous system. He conducted a famous experiment with dogs demonstrating conditioned reflex
  8. 12. American artist and inventor; he applied scientists’ discoveries of electricity and magnetism to develop the telegraph
  9. 13. German social philosopher and chief theorist of modern socialism and communism