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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did jethro tull invent?






2. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






3. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






7. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






10. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






12. 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.






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






14. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






17. First Usable - practical light bulb.






18. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






21. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






25. Theory of evolution






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






27. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






31. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






33. People can work for their own good






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






35. James hargreaves invented what?






36. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






39. What did Eli Whitney invent?






40. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






42. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






47. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






48. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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