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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






2. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






7. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






8. What did John Kay invent?






9. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






14. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






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






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






20. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






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






26. What did David Richardo write?






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






31. Luddites were also known as the...






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






33. Invented the telephone






34. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






36. Theory of relativity






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






38. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






44. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






47. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






50. Identical Machine-made parts.