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    This episode discusses mankind's increasing speed of progress in the early 20th century. [1] New technologies like steamships and factories drove mass production and globalization. [2] Nations like Japan modernized rapidly, merging ancient traditions with Western advancements. [3] However, progress also had downsides as the rubber boom devastated Africa and warfare continued. The episode examines stories like the Titanic disaster, Belgium's brutal rule of the Congo, and the medical discovery of penicillin.

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    This episode discusses mankind's increasing speed of progress in the early 20th century. [1] New technologies like steamships and factories drove mass production and globalization. [2] Nations like Japan modernized rapidly, merging ancient traditions with Western advancements. [3] However, progress also had downsides as the rubber boom devastated Africa and warfare continued. The episode examines stories like the Titanic disaster, Belgium's brutal rule of the Congo, and the medical discovery of penicillin.

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    Some key takeaways are the advancement of technology like steamships and skyscrapers, the American Civil War being the bloodiest in US history, and Japan modernizing under Western influence.

    Charles Goodyear wants to figure out how to make rubber more useful and resilient.

    Alice Harris exposes the atrocities and human rights abuses of King Leopold's regime in the Congo, where millions of Congolese were forced into slave labor to harvest rubber.

    Mankind: The Story of All of Us

    Episode 11: Speed

    from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us

    History Channel episode description: Mankind mobilizes toward modernity. In places like
    Japan, ancient traditions merge with newfound technologies. Some nations emerge as
    superpowers, amassing military might. From steamships such as the Titanic to skyscrapers like
    the Empire State Building, humans create infrastructure and vast communications networks. But
    progress has its dark side. The demand for rubber devastates Africa; warfare and poverty
    continue to threaten human survival and longevity.

    Mass Production
    1. Where was the Confederate Capital? 𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑, 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎
    2. The American Civil War, the bloodiest 𝑤𝑎𝑟 in U.S. history. 600, 000 Americans dead.
    More than World Wars I and II 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 .
    3. In modern ages what is they key to the success of mankind? 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
    4. Four out of Five factories are in the North, making 25 times more weapons, six times
    more ammunition.
    5. Many Southerners still live a life based on what? 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔
    6. Herring and Kent are meant to 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 the South’s most valued commodity: tobacco , and to
    destroy food and supplies, anything that could be of use to 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 troops.
    7. True or False. The Richmond fire only burned the warehouses and the city was left intact
    waiting for the Confederates to return.
    8. What happens six days after the burning of Richmond? 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟
    9. New inventions 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 produced. Identical 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 made separately, put together on the
    assembly 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 . High volume, low 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 . Around the world a chain reaction. Industry
    expands 700% .
    10. What country had a medieval way of life isolated from western progress? 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛
    11. The Samurai live and die by what? 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑
    12. What does Iwasaki do? 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑡
    13. Iwasaki enters the barbershop a Samurai, but leaves a what? 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟
    14. What company does Iwasaki create? 𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖
    15. What does this company build ships out of? 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙
    16. In just over a 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 , Mitsubishi becomes the world’s largest corporation building 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 ,
    planes, and 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠 .
    17. Japan learns in a 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒 what the west developed in a 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 . Today, it’s the planet’s
    𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 richest nation.
    Sinkable Titanic
    18. What do the Irish workers build out of steel? 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐
    19. April 14, 1912 . R.M.S. Titanic bound for 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 . Mankind puts its faith in 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 .
    On board, a Morse Code message system, the 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 telegraph.
    20. True or False. At 9:40 p.m. the Titanic received a warning about heavy ice and icebergs
    from another ship eight miles ahead.
    21. How many passengers are on the Titanic? 1,316
    22. Steamships power the greatest migration in human history. Over half a century, 1 in 20
    people on the planet emigrate. The most popular destination, across the Atlantic: 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 .
    23. How many people migrate to the U.S.A.? 26 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛
    24. Why doesn’t Jack Phillips hear about the iceberg warning?
    ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒
    25. Which cabins flood first? 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠
    26. What is the new international distress signal? 𝑆𝑂𝑆
    27. Why doesn’t the Californian come to the Titanic’s rescue?
    𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝
    28. Why can’t the third class passengers get up to the deck? 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑
    29. April 15 , 1912, 2: 28 A.M. Two and three quarter hours after hitting an 𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑔 , Titanic,
    the unsinkable ship, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 .
    30. How many passengers and crew never reach New York? 1, 503

    Rubber Revolution
    31. What does inventor Charles Goodyear want to figure out how to make more useful and
    resilient? 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑟
    32. What does Goodyear add that provides a breakthrough? 𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑢𝑟
    33. True or False. Almost every machine in the Industrial Revolution relies on rubber fittings
    and seals.
    34. The Congo. 900, 000 square miles. Over 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 rubber plants. Under 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙
    colonial rule. The ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 of darkness.
    35. What does the Congolese man bring to Alice Harris?
    𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟
    36. For 19 years, Belgium’s King Leopold has run the 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜 as his own private estate.
    Millions forced to tap rubber . The profits line his pockets.
    37. How many Congolese die during the 15 years of Leopold’s rule? 10 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛

    Power of Photography
    38. Alice Harris will expose the 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 of Leopold’s regime and shift world opinion. A
    𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ that will change mankind.
    39. Harris will tell the world what is happening in the 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜 , that children are routinely
    𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 as a warning to villagers. The weapon: a 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎 .
    40. How many amateurs have a camera by 1900? 2 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛
    41. Harris takes hundreds of 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠 in the Congo. They are published in 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 across
    the world, shocking 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 of readers.
    42. The campaign forces King Leopold to 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡 the Congo and the rubber trade. 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎 ,
    a new power in a modern world. 𝐾𝑒𝑦 to illuminating the planet’s darkest corners.

    War on Bacteria
    43. How many people die in WWI? 8 1/2 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒
    44. What do 1/3 of the people during WWI die from? 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒
    45. What is the life expectancy on the front line during WWI in France? 6 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠
    46. True or False. Alexander Fleming was a bacteriologist on a quest to discover how to
    successfully treat wounds infected by bacteria.
    47. True or False. Bacteria have killed more people than all the wars in history combined.
    48. By WWI, doctors realize there is a link between bacteria and disease, but can’t stop
    𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 from spreading. The tried and tested cure, cut away 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 , douse it in
    antiseptic, carbolic 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 . A deadly trade off. The acid disinfects wounds but also 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠
    white blood cells. The body’s natural 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 against bacteria.
    49. What does Fleming discover while working in a hospital in London in 1928?𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛
    50. Within 15 years, penicillin saves 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 lives a year. A miracle drug. The world’s first
    𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 . Today we make 45 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 tons of it every year.

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