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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.






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






3. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






5. Luddites were also known as the...






6. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






12. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






13. First Usable - practical light bulb.






14. 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.






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






16. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






19. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






20. James watt helped improve what?






21. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






23. People can work for their own good






24. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






26. Poet who wrote about nature






27. James hargreaves invented what?






28. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






32. What did David Richardo write?






33. Theory of relativity






34. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






45. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






47. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






48. Invented the telephone






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






50. What did Richard Arkwright invent?