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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






3. Defended the idea of a free economy.






4. Someone who starts a business.






5. Poet who wrote about nature






6. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






10. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






13. Organizations representing workers' interests.






14. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






18. What did John Kay invent?






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






20. People can work for their own good






21. Theory of relativity






22. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






27. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






30. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






31. Theory of evolution






32. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






34. Invented the telephone






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






36. Identical Machine-made parts.






37. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






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






42. James hargreaves invented what?






43. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






44. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






46. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






49. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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