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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Luddites were also known as the...






2. Theory of relativity






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






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






5. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Theory of evolution






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






15. What did David Richardo write?






16. What did jethro tull invent?






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






18. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






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






20. James watt helped improve what?






21. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






24. People can work for their own good






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






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






27. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






28. James hargreaves invented what?






29. What did John Kay invent?






30. Identical Machine-made parts.






31. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






33. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.






34. First Usable - practical light bulb.






35. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






36. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






37. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






39. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






40. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






41. 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.






42. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






43. Wrote about cruelties of war






44. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






47. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






48. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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