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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






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






3. Theory of relativity






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






5. Identical Machine-made parts.






6. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






7. Invented the telephone






8. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






10. 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.






11. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






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






16. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






18. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






21. Someone who starts a business.






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






23. First Usable - practical light bulb.






24. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






29. Poet who wrote about nature






30. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






33. What did jethro tull invent?






34. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






36. Luddites were also known as the...






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






38. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






41. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






45. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






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






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







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