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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






2. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






3. Invented the telephone






4. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.






5. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.






6. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






7. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






8. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






9. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned






10. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






11. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






12. Theory of evolution






13. Wrote about poor in cities.






14. What did David Richardo write?






15. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on






16. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






17. Identical Machine-made parts.






18. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






19. What did Eli Whitney invent?






20. Theory of relativity






21. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.






22. James watt helped improve what?






23. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






24. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






25. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine






26. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.






27. People can work for their own good






28. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved






29. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?






30. A system in which the government controls the economy.






31. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






33. Organizations representing workers' interests.






34. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






35. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






36. Luddites were also known as the...






37. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






38. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






39. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently






40. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy






41. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






42. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






43. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.






44. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






45. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.






46. Poet who wrote about nature






47. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






48. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






49. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






50. What did Richard Arkwright invent?