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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






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






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






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






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






6. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






9. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






11. Defended the idea of a free economy.






12. Luddites were also known as the...






13. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






15. Theory of evolution






16. Wrote about cruelties of war






17. Someone who starts a business.






18. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






21. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






27. People can work for their own good






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






29. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






30. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






32. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






35. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






40. What did John Kay invent?






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






42. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






44. 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.






45. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






49. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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