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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






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






3. Theory of relativity






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






5. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






7. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts






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






9. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






12. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






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






17. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






19. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






20. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






22. Invented the telephone






23. Poet who wrote about nature






24. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






28. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






32. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






35. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






38. James watt helped improve what?






39. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






42. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






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






47. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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