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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






6. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






8. Luddites were also known as the...






9. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






11. Poet who wrote about nature






12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Invented the telephone






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






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






22. James hargreaves invented what?






23. What did jethro tull invent?






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






25. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






26. Identical Machine-made parts.






27. Theory of relativity






28. Someone who starts a business.






29. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






30. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






33. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






35. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






41. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






45. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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