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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






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






3. What did Eli Whitney invent?






4. Theory of relativity






5. Poet who wrote about nature






6. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






9. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






11. Theory of evolution






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






13. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






15. 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.






16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






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






22. James hargreaves invented what?






23. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






24. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






26. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently






27. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






38. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






40. Organizations representing workers' interests.






41. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






45. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






48. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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