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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






2. Luddites were also known as the...






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






4. Organizations representing workers' interests.






5. Poet who wrote about nature






6. 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.






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






8. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






10. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






13. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






17. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






18. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






30. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






34. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






37. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






40. Someone who starts a business.






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






42. James hargreaves invented what?






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






44. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






46. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






49. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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