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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






6. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






7. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What did John Kay invent?






15. Organizations representing workers' interests.






16. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






20. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






23. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






26. Organizations representing workers' interests.






27. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






30. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






34. Wrote about poor in cities.






35. What did jethro tull invent?






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






37. 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.






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






39. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






40. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






43. First Usable - practical light bulb.






44. What did David Richardo write?






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






46. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






49. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






50. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization