In what ways did electricity positively impact society? (select all that apply.) 1. more control over lighting at home and work 2. availability of more electrical appliances 3. elimination of agricultural slave labor 4. ability to run a car for longer periods of time

The correct answers are number 1) more control over lighting at home and work 2) availability of more electrical appliances, and 4) ability to run an electric car for longer periods of time.

Electricity positively impacted society in that more control over lighting at home and work and 2) availability of more electrical appliances.

Electricity changed the lives of citizens. It had a positive impact on the generation of power that benefited millions of homes. It also changed mass production in industries with the use of better technology to increase mass production. Other companies improved their capacity to transmit data and electrical signals. Many devices had been invented for the convenience of people in the workplace and at home, as well to prolong the use of electric cars that use electricity instead of gasoline, helping the environment.

studies show tha in 7.5 billion years from now, the expanding sun will engulf, and destroy, the earth.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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