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Industrial Revolution
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1. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
the seed drill
Andrew Carnegie
Labor Unions
Mass Production
2. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
Communism
Karl Marx
Andrew Carnegie
Industrial Revolution
3. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Communism
david richardo
david richardo
laissez faire
4. People can work for their own good
middle class
Adam Smith
law of self-interest
livestock breeding
5. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
the seed drill
Mass Production
Andrew Carnegie
the flying shuttle
6. What did jethro tull invent?
Adam Smith
the seed drill
Assembly Line
Mass Production
7. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Adam Smith
Thomas Edison
middle class
the flying shuttle
8. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
urbanization
working class
Communism
Assembly Line
9. What did Eli Whitney invent?
thomas malthus
the cotton gin
thomas malthus
Charles Darwin
10. Theory of relativity
Labor Unions
principles of economy & taxation
Albert Einstein
James Watt
11. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
livestock breeding
corporation
Mass Production
Ludwig van Beethoven
12. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
Karl Marx
the water frame
principles of economy & taxation
thomas malthus
13. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
david richardo
luddites
Karl Marx
laissez faire
14. What did John Kay invent?
Karl Marx
thomas malthus
Charles Dickens
the flying shuttle
15. Invented the telephone
urbanization
Labor Unions
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
16. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Thomas Edison
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Wright Bros.
17. Organizations representing workers' interests.
clermont
the cotton gin
Labor Union
Interchangeable Parts
18. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
Thomas Edison
Assembly Line
James Watt
middle class
19. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
Robert Fulton
john mcadams
Alexander Graham Bell
William Wordsworth
20. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
Karl Marx
factories
thomas malthus
Albert Einstein
21. Poet who wrote about nature
factories
William Wordsworth
Adam Smith
the water frame
22. Wrote about poor in cities.
livestock breeding
the spinning jenny
Charles Dickens
Mass Production
23. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
Leo Tolstoy
laissez faire
Adam Smith
the spinning jenny
24. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Laissez-faire
crop rotation
Adam Smith
Thomas Edison
25. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
the spinning jenny
Leo Tolstoy
Adam Smith
Factory Workers
26. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
john mcadams
industrial revolution
Entrepreneur
Assembly Line
27. A system in which the government controls the economy.
enclosures
Adam Smith
the spinning jenny
Communism
28. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
david richardo
Charles Darwin
Inventions
john mcadams
29. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
factories
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
30. James watt helped improve what?
laissez faire
the steam engine
Entrepreneur
working class
31. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
corporation
crop rotation
the seed drill
Charles Darwin
32. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
the seed drill
Adam Smith
Thomas Edison
the spinning jenny
33. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Assembly Line
the cotton gin
Inventions
law of supply & demand
34. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
Laissez-faire
Karl Marx
middle class
clermont
35. Defended the idea of a free economy.
law of supply & demand
Adam Smith
Andrew Carnegie
thomas malthus
36. James hargreaves invented what?
laissez faire
rocket
New Economic Theories
the spinning jenny
37. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
laissez faire
the cotton gin
Ludwig van Beethoven
38. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
david richardo
urbanization
the seed drill
luddites
39. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
thomas malthus
luddites
Charles Dickens
Adam Smith
40. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
factors of production
Communism
James Watt
the cotton gin
41. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Laissez-faire
Socialism
Karl Marx
Labor Unions
42. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
Factory Workers
crop rotation
Mass Production
david richardo
43. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
the water frame
john mcadams
industrialization
Socialism
44. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
luddites
Louis Pasteur
Albert Einstein
working class
45. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Albert Einstein
Industrial Revolution
Labor Unions
the water frame
46. Theory of evolution
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Inventions
the water frame
47. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
New Economic Theories
enclosures
Adam Smith
working class
48. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
agriculteral revolution
Communism
Factory Workers
Charles Dickens
49. Wrote about cruelties of war
Entrepreneur
the seed drill
Leo Tolstoy
the water frame
50. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Robert Fulton
Adam Smith
Alexander Graham Bell
Factory Workers