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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






2. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






3. Invented the telephone






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






5. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






8. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






9. What did John Kay invent?






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






11. 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.






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






13. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






14. People can work for their own good






15. Theory of relativity






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






17. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






24. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






31. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






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






33. First Usable - practical light bulb.






34. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






35. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






36. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






38. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Wrote about cruelties of war






46. Poet who wrote about nature






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






48. Theory of evolution






49. James watt helped improve what?






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