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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Luddites were also known as the...






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






16. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






19. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






31. What did Eli Whitney invent?






32. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






33. Someone who starts a business.






34. What did jethro tull invent?






35. People can work for their own good






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






37. What did John Kay invent?






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






40. Poet who wrote about nature






41. Identical Machine-made parts.






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






43. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






49. Theory of evolution






50. Invented the telephone







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