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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






10. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






11. Poet who wrote about nature






12. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






17. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






26. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






27. James watt helped improve what?






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






29. 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.






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






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






32. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






36. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






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






38. Theory of evolution






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






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






41. What did jethro tull invent?






42. Luddites were also known as the...






43. What did John Kay invent?






44. Identical Machine-made parts.






45. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






47. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






48. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






50. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs