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Industrial Revolution

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






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






3. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






5. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






6. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






9. Wrote about cruelties of war






10. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






14. Invented the telephone






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






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






17. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






25. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






28. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






31. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






32. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






33. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






36. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Theory of evolution






44. Poet who wrote about nature






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






46. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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