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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.






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






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






4. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






15. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






18. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






20. Poet who wrote about nature






21. What did Eli Whitney invent?






22. Invented the telephone






23. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






24. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






28. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






32. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






33. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






36. Theory of relativity






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






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






39. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






42. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






44. James watt helped improve what?






45. Luddites were also known as the...






46. People can work for their own good






47. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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