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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.






2. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






5. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






9. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






10. Wrote about poor in cities.






11. What did jethro tull invent?






12. Invented the telephone






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






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






15. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






17. First Usable - practical light bulb.






18. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






22. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






26. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






27. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






29. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






34. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






36. People can work for their own good






37. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






40. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






43. What did John Kay invent?






44. Theory of evolution






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






46. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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