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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






2. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






7. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






9. James hargreaves invented what?






10. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






14. Someone who starts a business.






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






16. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






19. Wrote about poor in cities.






20. James watt helped improve what?






21. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






24. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






28. Luddites were also known as the...






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






30. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






31. What did John Kay invent?






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






33. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






34. Wrote about cruelties of war






35. First Usable - practical light bulb.






36. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






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






41. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






44. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






48. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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