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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






4. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






7. Identical Machine-made parts.






8. Theory of evolution






9. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






10. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






14. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






15. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






20. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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. Theory of relativity






24. Poet who wrote about nature






25. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






27. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






28. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






32. What did David Richardo write?






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






34. James watt helped improve what?






35. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






44. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






45. 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.






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






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






48. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






49. Wrote about poor in cities.






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