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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






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






3. Invented the telephone






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






5. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






6. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






10. Theory of evolution






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






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






13. What did jethro tull invent?






14. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






17. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






23. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






27. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






32. James watt helped improve what?






33. What did David Richardo write?






34. People can work for their own good






35. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






39. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.






40. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






43. Defended the idea of a free economy.






44. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






46. What did John Kay invent?






47. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






50. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs