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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product






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






3. What did David Richardo write?






4. Theory of evolution






5. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






19. Invented the telephone






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






21. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






34. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






35. What did John Kay invent?






36. People can work for their own good






37. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






38. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






41. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






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






46. What did jethro tull invent?






47. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






49. Someone who starts a business.






50. Luddites were also known as the...