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Industrial Revolution
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1. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
Mass Production
agriculteral revolution
Karl Marx
the flying shuttle
2. What did Eli Whitney invent?
the flying shuttle
middle class
Ludwig van Beethoven
the cotton gin
3. Theory of relativity
rocket
Albert Einstein
New Economic Theories
the flying shuttle
4. Invented the telephone
Samuel Morse
livestock breeding
Alexander Graham Bell
the cotton gin
5. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
the spinning jenny
Andrew Carnegie
Labor Union
thomas malthus
6. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
robert bakewell
rocket
Inventions
urbanization
7. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
agriculteral revolution
Communism
Robert Fulton
Karl Marx
8. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
the flying shuttle
Communism
robert bakewell
Labor Union
9. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
the water frame
Industrial Revolution
the seed drill
david richardo
10. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
luddites
Assembly Line
david richardo
Ludwig van Beethoven
11. James hargreaves invented what?
Albert Einstein
the spinning jenny
thomas malthus
Assembly Line
12. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
William Wordsworth
enclosures
law of self-interest
middle class
13. Luddites were also known as the...
Charles Darwin
Andrew Carnegie
working class
factories
14. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
crop rotation
thomas malthus
Mass Production
middle class
15. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
david richardo
robert bakewell
Communism
Thomas Edison
16. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.
Karl Marx
livestock breeding
Leo Tolstoy
clermont
17. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
Adam Smith
factories
agriculteral revolution
corporation
18. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
luddites
middle class
the flying shuttle
Adam Smith
19. Poet who wrote about nature
laissez faire
john mcadams
luddites
William Wordsworth
20. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
robert bakewell
the flying shuttle
working class
urbanization
21. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
Laissez-faire
industrial revolution
Albert Einstein
22. Wrote about poor in cities.
the flying shuttle
the seed drill
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles Dickens
23. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
Thomas Edison
david richardo
the spinning jenny
Assembly Line
24. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Communism
working class
Assembly Line
Labor Union
25. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
agriculteral revolution
Interchangeable Parts
the seed drill
factories
26. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
crop rotation
Robert Fulton
Adam Smith
Andrew Carnegie
27. People can work for their own good
law of self-interest
industrial revolution
Ludwig van Beethoven
factories
28. Theory of evolution
middle class
Leo Tolstoy
Charles Darwin
Wright Bros.
29. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Assembly Line
law of supply & demand
the seed drill
john mcadams
30. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
law of competition
the spinning jenny
john mcadams
Karl Marx
31. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
thomas malthus
Mass Production
Adam Smith
Interchangeable Parts
32. Defended the idea of a free economy.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leo Tolstoy
Adam Smith
Socialism
33. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
Leo Tolstoy
thomas malthus
Communism
Industrial Revolution
34. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
Mass Production
principles of economy & taxation
the water frame
Interchangeable Parts
35. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
Charles Dickens
Assembly Line
Mass Production
Inventions
36. What did John Kay invent?
Charles Darwin
the flying shuttle
Albert Einstein
Louis Pasteur
37. Someone who starts a business.
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
Entrepreneur
Adam Smith
38. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
Andrew Carnegie
the flying shuttle
the cotton gin
Laissez-faire
39. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
david richardo
john mcadams
livestock breeding
thomas malthus
40. A system in which the government controls the economy.
crop rotation
Communism
corporation
Mass Production
41. What did jethro tull invent?
the seed drill
the water frame
Socialism
Adam Smith
42. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
Adam Smith
urbanization
Laissez-faire
clermont
43. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
robert bakewell
livestock breeding
James Watt
thomas malthus
44. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
the steam engine
laissez faire
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mass Production
45. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
the flying shuttle
New Economic Theories
thomas malthus
Andrew Carnegie
46. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
Socialism
law of self-interest
James Watt
industrial revolution
47. What did David Richardo write?
Karl Marx
principles of economy & taxation
Entrepreneur
Samuel Morse
48. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
Charles Dickens
the flying shuttle
Karl Marx
Ludwig van Beethoven
49. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
James Watt
Communism
david richardo
Socialism
50. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Labor Union
William Wordsworth
Socialism
the seed drill