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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Theory of relativity






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






3. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






7. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Luddites were also known as the...






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






19. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






21. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






23. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






34. Theory of evolution






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






36. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






39. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






41. First Usable - practical light bulb.






42. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






44. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






47. What did jethro tull invent?






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






49. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






50. Invented the telephone