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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Poet who wrote about nature






2. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






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






8. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






9. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






18. What did David Richardo write?






19. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






23. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






24. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






26. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






27. First Usable - practical light bulb.






28. What did jethro tull invent?






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






30. Theory of relativity






31. Defended the idea of a free economy.






32. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






34. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






35. Luddites were also known as the...






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






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






40. James hargreaves invented what?






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






42. People can work for their own good






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






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






45. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






47. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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