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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.






2. Identical Machine-made parts.






3. What did jethro tull invent?






4. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






6. Wrote about cruelties of war






7. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






8. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






12. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services






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






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






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






16. Invented the telephone






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






18. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






20. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






22. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






26. People can work for their own good






27. Poet who wrote about nature






28. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






35. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






39. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






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






45. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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