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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






2. Invented the telephone






3. First Usable - practical light bulb.






4. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






5. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






8. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






9. What did John Kay invent?






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






11. Organizations representing workers' interests.






12. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






13. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.






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






15. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






16. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product






17. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.






18. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






19. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






20. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






23. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






24. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time






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






26. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






27. What did jethro tull invent?






28. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services






29. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class






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






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






32. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






33. Theory of evolution






34. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels






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






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






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






40. Helped make textile production more efficient than doing the job by hand. would carry the threads of yarn back & forth when the weaver pulled a handle on the loom.






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






42. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






43. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






44. Someone who starts a business.






45. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods






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






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






48. Wrote about cruelties of war






49. Poet who wrote about nature






50. The development of industries for the machine production of goods