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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






5. Wrote about poor in cities.






6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






8. Theory of relativity






9. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






10. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






13. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






16. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






18. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






28. What did David Richardo write?






29. Invented the telephone






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






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






32. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






34. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






36. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






38. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






41. Theory of evolution






42. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






50. Poet who wrote about nature