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Industrial Revolution

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1. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






6. What did David Richardo write?






7. Someone who starts a business.






8. What did jethro tull invent?






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






10. Wrote about cruelties of war






11. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






12. Wrote about poor in cities.






13. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






14. Organizations representing workers' interests.






15. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Identical Machine-made parts.






29. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






31. Theory of evolution






32. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






33. James watt helped improve what?






34. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






36. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. James hargreaves invented what?







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