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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






4. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






7. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






10. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






12. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






14. Poet who wrote about nature






15. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






16. Identical Machine-made parts.






17. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?






18. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






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






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






28. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






30. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






35. Defended the idea of a free economy.






36. People can work for their own good






37. What did jethro tull invent?






38. James watt helped improve what?






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






40. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts






41. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






50. What did David Richardo write?