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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






2. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






3. Poet who wrote about nature






4. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






5. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






17. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






19. Luddites were also known as the...






20. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. James hargreaves invented what?






37. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






40. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






46. Identical Machine-made parts.






47. Theory of evolution






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






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






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