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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






3. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






8. James watt helped improve what?






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






10. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






12. Invented the telephone






13. Luddites were also known as the...






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






15. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






17. Theory of evolution






18. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. James hargreaves invented what?






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






30. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






35. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






37. Someone who starts a business.






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






39. What did jethro tull invent?






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






41. First Usable - practical light bulb.






42. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






44. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






48. What did David Richardo write?






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






50. What did Richard Arkwright invent?