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Industrial Revolution

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






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






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






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






5. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






6. Invented the telephone






7. Organizations representing workers' interests.






8. Organizations representing workers' interests.






9. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






13. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






15. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






17. 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.






18. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






21. Theory of evolution






22. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






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






28. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






32. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






34. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Poet who wrote about nature






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






44. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






47. Defended the idea of a free economy.






48. Luddites were also known as the...






49. Theory of relativity






50. Identical Machine-made parts.