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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






2. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






4. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






6. James hargreaves invented what?






7. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






9. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






15. What did John Kay invent?






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






17. What did David Richardo write?






18. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






20. Invented the telephone






21. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






22. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






23. James watt helped improve what?






24. Poet who wrote about nature






25. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






29. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






32. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






43. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






46. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






47. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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